L Terragni1, E Beune2, K Stronks3, E Davidson4, S Qureshi5, B Kumar6, E Diaz7. 1. Norwegian Centre for Migration and Minority Health-The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 222 Skøyen, N-0213, Oslo, Norway; Institute of Nursing and Health Promotion, Department of Health, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: laura.terragni@oslomet.no. 2. Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: e.j.beune@amc.uva.nl. 3. Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: k.stronks@amc.uva.nl. 4. Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, Scotland, United Kingdom. Electronic address: Emma.Davidson@ed.ac.uk. 5. Norwegian Centre for Migration and Minority Health-The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 222 Skøyen, N-0213, Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: SameraAzeem.Qureshi@fhi.no. 6. Norwegian Centre for Migration and Minority Health-The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 222 Skøyen, N-0213, Oslo, Norway; Department of Community Medicine, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Postboks 4959 Nydalen, 0424, Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: BernadetteNirmal.Kumar@fhi.no. 7. Norwegian Centre for Migration and Minority Health-The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 222 Skøyen, N-0213, Oslo, Norway; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, PO. Box 7804 N-5020, Bergen, Norway. Electronic address: Esperanza.Diaz@uib.no.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: South Asian migrant populations have a high risk of non-communicable diseases, such as type 2 diabetes (T2D). The aim of this study is to provide in-depth insight into key success factors and challenges in developing culturally adapted lifestyle interventions to prevent T2D within South Asian migrant populations. STUDY DESIGN: The study has a qualitative research design. METHODS: In-depth interviews, using a semi-structured interview guide, were conducted with eight researchers and project leaders from five studies of culturally adapted lifestyle interventions for South Asian migrant populations. Data were analysed using a grounded theory approach. RESULTS: Four main themes emerged as key factors for success: 'approaching the community in the right way', 'the intervention as a space for social relations', 'support from public authorities' and 'being reflexive and flexible'. Two themes emerged as challenges: 'struggling with time' and 'overemphasising cultural differences'. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings augment existing research by establishing the importance of cooperation at the organisational and institutional levels, of fostering the creation of social networks through interventions and of acknowledging the multiplicity of identities and resources among individuals of the same ethnic origin.
OBJECTIVES: South Asian migrant populations have a high risk of non-communicable diseases, such as type 2 diabetes (T2D). The aim of this study is to provide in-depth insight into key success factors and challenges in developing culturally adapted lifestyle interventions to prevent T2D within South Asian migrant populations. STUDY DESIGN: The study has a qualitative research design. METHODS: In-depth interviews, using a semi-structured interview guide, were conducted with eight researchers and project leaders from five studies of culturally adapted lifestyle interventions for South Asian migrant populations. Data were analysed using a grounded theory approach. RESULTS: Four main themes emerged as key factors for success: 'approaching the community in the right way', 'the intervention as a space for social relations', 'support from public authorities' and 'being reflexive and flexible'. Two themes emerged as challenges: 'struggling with time' and 'overemphasising cultural differences'. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings augment existing research by establishing the importance of cooperation at the organisational and institutional levels, of fostering the creation of social networks through interventions and of acknowledging the multiplicity of identities and resources among individuals of the same ethnic origin.
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