Overview
The purpose of this study is to create a program focused on mindfulness and stress reduction specifically tailored to young adult Black males.
Description
Project Brothers reclaiming Emotional Awareness, tranquility, Healing, and Ex-istence (BrEAtHe) is a research study to create a program focused on mindfulness and stress reduction specifically tailored to young adult Black males (18 to 29 years old) residing in Durham, NC and in Hartford, CT. The investigators plan to use a mobile app on a cell phone to better understand 'real-time' feedback of experiences of stress due to racism. The investigators are interested in learning about the recruitment and retention of Black males participating in mindfulness based practices. The investigators are also interested in receiving feedback about options to modify and scale a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction intervention and its preliminary effects on reducing physical and emotional stress reactions and poor coping mechanisms like marijuana and alcohol use linked to everyday racism and discrimination.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age: 18-29
- Ethnicity: non-Hispanic Black
- Gender: Male
- does not meet the DSM-V criteria for substance use disorder or dependence or severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD);
- Neighborhood Inclusion Criteria: must live in a high VAOD neighborhood in Durham County, NC, or North Hartford Promise Zone, CT and have resided in the selected neighborhood for at least 6 months.
Exclusion Criteria:
- non-English speakers,
- meet the DSM-V criteria for substance use disorder or dependence or severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD);
- women;
- men of other racial/ethnic groups;
- neighborhood outside of high VAOD neighborhood in Durham County, NC or North Hartford Promise Zone, CT.