Impact of a Culturally Grounded Running Program on Four Components of Wellness Among Indigenous Participants: A Pilot Study of the Running Medicine Program.

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Health Promotion Practice Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2022-12-08 DOI:10.1177/15248399221137804

Anthony Fleg, Nicolette Abeyta, Jonathan Houck, Kristen Baca, Cindy Nguyen, Ashleigh Claw, Jaida Shaffer

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Abstract

Movement as medicine is the premise behind Running Medicine (RM), a community-based wellness program that began in 2016 in New Mexico. RM is centered in the Indigenous traditions of running and is oriented to improving the four dimensions of wellness-mind, body, spirit, and social. Using retroactive surveys of RM's Spring 2019 participants, we investigated the program's effectiveness in the realms of physical, mental, spiritual, and social wellness. Based on data from participant surveys, RM appears to be effective at improving the four realms of wellness. Indigenous participants improved to a greater degree in mental and social wellness than non-Indigenous participants, while the opposite was true for physical and spiritual wellness. For both groups, the largest effect size among the four domains was seen in social wellness. Among our participants, this culturally grounded approach to wellness appears to be effective at improving the four realms of physical, mental, spiritual, and social wellness.

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基于文化背景的跑步计划对土著参与者健康四个组成部分的影响：跑步医学计划试点研究。

运动即医疗是 "跑步医疗"（Running Medicine，RM）背后的前提，这是一项基于社区的健康计划，于 2016 年在新墨西哥州启动。RM以原住民的跑步传统为中心，旨在改善健康的四个维度--思想、身体、精神和社会。通过对 RM 2019 年春季参与者的追溯调查，我们研究了该计划在身体、心理、精神和社交健康领域的有效性。根据参与者的调查数据，RM 在改善四个领域的健康方面似乎都很有效。与非原住民参与者相比，原住民参与者在心理和社交健康方面的改善程度更高，而在身体和精神健康方面的改善程度则恰恰相反。对这两个群体而言，四个领域中效果最大的是社交健康。在我们的参与者中，这种以文化为基础的健康方法似乎能有效改善身体、心理、精神和社交四个领域的健康。

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期刊介绍： Health Promotion Practice (HPP) publishes authoritative articles devoted to the practical application of health promotion and education. It publishes information of strategic importance to a broad base of professionals engaged in the practice of developing, implementing, and evaluating health promotion and disease prevention programs. The journal"s editorial board is committed to focusing on the applications of health promotion and public health education interventions, programs and best practice strategies in various settings, including but not limited to, community, health care, worksite, educational, and international settings. Additionally, the journal focuses on the development and application of public policy conducive to the promotion of health and prevention of disease.