@article{39b4e283b63247d0909a890429cba71f,
title = "Healthy living in two worlds: Testing a wellness curriculum for urban native youth",
abstract = "The Healthy Living in Two Worlds project developed a wellness curriculum for urban, Northeastern Native American youth. The curriculum sought to increase physical activity, decrease or prevent recreational tobacco use, and increase healthy eating practices. The program was delivered in a summer day camp format to 16 Native American youth ages 9-13. These youth have considerable exposure to recreational tobacco use in their households and among their peers but they express an intention to resist pressure to use recreational tobacco products. Some of these youth do not eat regular meals, particularly breakfast and lunch. Program participants appear to be physically active and their activity seems to have increased after the program.",
keywords = "American Indian, Cancer prevention, Native American, Urban youth, Wellness",
author = "Weaver, {Hilary N.} and Kelly Jackson",
note = "Funding Information: This project developed and implemented a culturally grounded wellness curriculum for urban Native American youth with the primary aim being program development to be followed later by more rigorous testing of the curriculum with larger samples. The project {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}Healthy Living in Two Worlds{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} was grounded in the recognition that urban Native Americans experience many cultural influences in addition to Native traditions. As a wellness curriculum it sought to teach {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}healthy living{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright}; something that is far different from the day to day reality of many Native Americans. The project was supported by a grant from the National Cancer Institute (#RO3 CA11522-01). This article reports the results of the initial delivery of the Healthy Living in Two Worlds curriculum. Although the sample was small, this early step in an on-going research agenda provides useful information about how the youth responded to the program. This preliminary data informs further development and testing of the curriculum.",
year = "2010",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1007/s10560-010-0197-6",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "27",
pages = "231--244",
journal = "Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal",
issn = "0738-0151",
publisher = "Springer New York",
number = "3",
}