A Culture-Based Talking Circle Intervention for Native American Youth at Risk for Obesity

ABSTRACT

This community-based study explored the effectiveness of an after-school cultural-based intervention for Native American youth at risk for obesity. A standard health education after-school program served as the comparison control condition. Cherokee self-reliance (cultural identity), perceived stress, and obesity knowledge and related behaviors were the three outcome measures evaluated at baseline and immediate post-intervention. Findings revealed that participants who completed the cultural-based intervention had better results on the three outcome measures in comparison to the standard health education program.

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Funding

The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This study was partially supported by a Graduate Research and Inquiry Program (GRIP) grant from the Graduate College at Florida Atlantic University.