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 and Renae Kirkham
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Athira Rohit: Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina 0810, Australia
Leisa McCarthy: Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina 0810, Australia
Shiree Mack: Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina 0810, Australia
Bronwyn Silver: Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Organization, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, Alice Springs 0870, Australia
Sabella Turner: Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Organization, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, Alice Springs 0870, Australia
Louise A. Baur: Child & Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia
Karla Canuto: Wardliparingga Aboriginal Health Equity, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide 5001, Australia
John Boffa: Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Organization, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, Alice Springs 0870, Australia
Dana Dabelea: Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes (LEAD) Centre, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Katherine A. Sauder: Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes (LEAD) Centre, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Louise Maple-Brown: Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina 0810, Australia
Renae Kirkham: Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina 0810, Australia

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 17, 1-14

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: indigenous health and wellbeing; community consultation; prevention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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