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 Thesis

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.

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Seear, Kimberley, 2020, Supporting healthy lifestyle changes for type 2 diabetes prevention among young Aboriginal people in a remote Western Australian town, Volume:PhD, Thesis, viewed 03 December 2023, https://www.nintione.com.au/?p=39581.

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