Supporting healthy lifestyle changes for type 2 diabetes prevention among young Aboriginal people in a remote Western Australian town
Supporting healthy lifestyle changes for type 2 diabetes prevention among young Aboriginal people in a remote Western Australian town
Rural Clinical School of Western Australia
- Author(s): Seear, Kimberley
- Published: 2020
- Publisher: The University of Western Australia
- Volume: PhD
Abstract: The aim of this project was to develop and enact appropriate approaches to support healthy lifestyle changes as part of longer-term diabetes prevention among younger Aboriginal people in Derby, Western Australia. Analysis of health care data showed a high diabetes prevalence and risk factors from an early age, with opportunities to enhance screening. Community members directed the creation of a comprehensive prevention program. The pilot program was found to be acceptable, appropriate and useful. This example of a localised, evidence based prevention program that can be run by a range of community members may be useful in other low-resource settings.
- Urls: https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/supporting-healthy-lifestyle-changes-for-type-2-diabetes-preventi
- Publisher Location: Perth
- Keywords: Type 2 diabetes, Healthy lifestyle, Prevention, lifestyle modification, Aboriginal health, Young people