Ridvan Firestone1, Gavin Faeamani2, Elizabeth Okiakama3, Tevita Funaki2, Akarere Henry3, Danielle Prapavessis4, Jennifer Masaga4, Justice Firestone4, Jemaima Tiatia-Seath5, Anna Matheson6, Blakely Brown7, Max Schleser8, Keawe'aimoku Kaholokula9, Claire Ing9, Barry Borman4, Lis Ellison-Loschmann4. 1. Senior Research Officer/Principal Investigator, Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University. 2. The Fono, 411 Great North Road, Henderson, Auckland 0612, New Zealand. 3. South Waikato Pacific Islands Community Services, 1 Maraetai Road, Tokoroa 3444, New Zealand. 4. Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University, PO Box 756, Wellington 6140, New Zealand. 5. School of Māori Studies and Pacific Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Auckland, Bldg 273, 20 Wynyard Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand. 6. School of Health, Faculty of Health, Victoria University of Wellington, Level 1, Student Union Building, Wellington, New Zealand. 7. School of Public and Community Health Sciences, College of Health Professions & Biomedical Sciences, University of Montana, 340 Skaggs Building, Missoula, MT 59812, USA. 8. Department of Film and Animation, School of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne 3122, Australia. 9. Department of Native Hawaiian Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 677 Ala Moana Blvd. 1016, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813.
Abstract
AIM: Using a co-design approach, we describe exploratory findings of a community-based intervention to mobilise Pasifika communities into action, with the intent of reducing the risk factors of prediabetes. METHOD: A group of 25 Pasifika youth aged 15-24 years from two distinctive Pasifika communities in New Zealand were trained to lead a small-scale, community-based intervention programme (among 29 participants) over the course of eight weeks. The intervention, which targeted adults aged 25-44 years who were overweight or obese, employed both an empowerment-based programme and a co-design approach to motivate community members to participate in a physical-activity-based intervention programme. RESULTS: Findings show significant reductions in total body weight and waist circumference, as well as improved physical activity. CONCLUSIONS: The strength of this intervention was evident in the innovative approach of utilising Pasifika-youth-led and co-designed approaches to motivate communities into healthier lifestyles. The approaches used in this project could be utilised in a primary healthcare setting as a community-wide strategy to reduce diabetes risk, particularly among Pasifika peoples.
AIM: Using a co-design approach, we describe exploratory findings of a community-based intervention to mobilise Pasifika communities into action, with the intent of reducing the risk factors of prediabetes. METHOD: A group of 25 Pasifika youth aged 15-24 years from two distinctive Pasifika communities in New Zealand were trained to lead a small-scale, community-based intervention programme (among 29 participants) over the course of eight weeks. The intervention, which targeted adults aged 25-44 years who were overweight or obese, employed both an empowerment-based programme and a co-design approach to motivate community members to participate in a physical-activity-based intervention programme. RESULTS: Findings show significant reductions in total body weight and waist circumference, as well as improved physical activity. CONCLUSIONS: The strength of this intervention was evident in the innovative approach of utilising Pasifika-youth-led and co-designed approaches to motivate communities into healthier lifestyles. The approaches used in this project could be utilised in a primary healthcare setting as a community-wide strategy to reduce diabetes risk, particularly among Pasifika peoples.
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