TY - JOUR
T1 - The adaptation of a youth diabetes prevention program for Aboriginal children in central Australia
T2 - Community perspectives
AU - Rohit, Athira
AU - McCarthy, Leisa
AU - Mack, Shiree
AU - Silver, Bronwyn
AU - Turner, Sabella
AU - Baur, Louise A.
AU - Canuto, Karla
AU - Boffa, John
AU - Dabelea, Dana
AU - Sauder, Katherine A.
AU - Maple-Brown, Louise
AU - Kirkham, Renae
N1 - Funding Information:
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.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/9/1
Y1 - 2021/9/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Community consultation
KW - Indigenous health and wellbeing
KW - Prevention
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85114085999&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph18179173
DO - 10.3390/ijerph18179173
M3 - Article
C2 - 34501765
AN - SCOPUS:85114085999
VL - 18
SP - 1
EP - 14
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
SN - 1660-4601
IS - 17
M1 - 9173
ER -