The adaptation of a youth diabetes prevention program for Aboriginal children in central Australia: Community perspectives

Athira Rohit; Leisa McCarthy; Shiree Mack; Bronwyn Silver; Sabella Turner; Louise A. Baur; Karla Canuto; John Boffa; Dana Dabelea; Katherine A. Sauder; Louise Maple-Brown; Renae Kirkham

doi:10.3390/ijerph18179173

The adaptation of a youth diabetes prevention program for Aboriginal children in central Australia: Community perspectives

Athira Rohit, Leisa McCarthy, Shiree Mack, Bronwyn Silver, Sabella Turner, Louise A. Baur, Karla Canuto, John Boffa, Dana Dabelea, Katherine A. Sauder, Louise Maple-Brown, Renae Kirkham

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This study reports on integrating community perspectives to adapt a family-focused, culturally appropriate behavioural intervention program to prevent diabetes among Aboriginal children (6–11 years) in Central Australia. A participatory action research approach was used to engage a range of service providers, cultural advisors, and family groups. Appropriateness, acceptability, content, and delivery of a prevention program within the Central Australian context were discussed through a series of workshops with twenty-five service providers and seven family groups separately. The data obtained were deductively coded for thematic analysis. Main findings included: (i) the strong need for a diabetes prevention program that is community owned, (ii) a flexible and culturally appropriate program delivered by upskilling community members as program facilitators, and (iii) consideration of social and environmental factors when implementing the program. It is recommended that a trial of the adapted prevention program for effectiveness and implementation is led by an Aboriginal community-controlled health service.

Original language	English
Article number	9173
Pages (from-to)	1-14
Number of pages	14
Journal	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume	18
Issue number	17
Early online date	Aug 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179173
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2021

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This research was funded by the Central Australian Academic Health Science Centre (grant ID #180411) and the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) (grant ID #180926). L.M.-B. was supported by an NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship (#1078477) and NHMRC Investigator grant (#APP1199628). This paper reflects the views of the authors and not the NHMRC nor MRFF. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript.

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Rohit, A., McCarthy, L., Mack, S., Silver, B., Turner, S., Baur, L. A., Canuto, K., Boffa, J., Dabelea, D., Sauder, K. A., Maple-Brown, L., & Kirkham, R. (2021). The adaptation of a youth diabetes prevention program for Aboriginal children in central Australia: Community perspectives. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(17), 1-14. Article 9173. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179173

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