Towards collective community education: Pasifika diabetes health forums in Southeast Queensland, Australia

Akbar, HG; Gallegos, D; Te Kani, AW; Anderson, D; Windsor, C

Towards collective community education: Pasifika diabetes health forums in Southeast Queensland, Australia

Akbar, HG Gallegos, D Te Kani, AW Anderson, D

Windsor, C

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Publisher:: SAGE Publications
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: AlterNative, 2023, 19, (4), pp. 933-944
Issue Date:: 2023-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Akbar, HG
dc.contributor.author	Gallegos, D
dc.contributor.author	Te Kani, AW
dc.contributor.author	Anderson, D https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7416-7522
dc.contributor.author	Windsor, C
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-11T04:48:32Z
dc.date.available	2024-01-11T04:48:32Z
dc.date.issued	2023-12-01
dc.identifier.citation	AlterNative, 2023, 19, (4), pp. 933-944
dc.identifier.issn	1177-1801
dc.identifier.issn	1174-1740
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/174312
dc.description.abstract	Collective community education co-designed with the Māori (Indigenous people of Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Pasifika (Pacific Islander peoples living in Australia) communities through participatory community engagement, Indigenous methods and cultural knowledge are vital for development and implementation of diabetes community forums. A community-based participatory action research was co-designed with three Pasifika diabetes community forums in partnership with Māori and Pasifika communities, a university and government health organisations in Southeast Queensland. The forums provided a culturally safe space for the communities to collectively engage in diabetes education, health checks and cultural knowledge sharing. The outcomes of these forums led to co-development of a Pasifika Women’s Diabetes Wellness Program aimed at promoting diabetes prevention and management for the Māori and Pasifika diaspora in Australia and internationally. Co-designed community forums have the potential to address health equity through inclusion of communities and key stakeholders in a collaborative agenda, empowering communities to improve health outcomes.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	SAGE Publications
dc.relation	World Health Organization
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/2006138
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1153420
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/MRF1199890
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1027196
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1056856
dc.relation	VinAcademy
dc.relation.ispartof	AlterNative
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/11771801231196777
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	2002 Cultural Studies
dc.subject.classification	4702 Cultural studies
dc.title	Towards collective community education: Pasifika diabetes health forums in Southeast Queensland, Australia
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	19
utslib.for	2002 Cultural Studies
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
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dc.date.updated	2024-01-11T04:48:31Z
pubs.issue	4
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pubs.volume	19
utslib.citation.issue	4

Abstract:

Collective community education co-designed with the Māori (Indigenous people of Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Pasifika (Pacific Islander peoples living in Australia) communities through participatory community engagement, Indigenous methods and cultural knowledge are vital for development and implementation of diabetes community forums. A community-based participatory action research was co-designed with three Pasifika diabetes community forums in partnership with Māori and Pasifika communities, a university and government health organisations in Southeast Queensland. The forums provided a culturally safe space for the communities to collectively engage in diabetes education, health checks and cultural knowledge sharing. The outcomes of these forums led to co-development of a Pasifika Women’s Diabetes Wellness Program aimed at promoting diabetes prevention and management for the Māori and Pasifika diaspora in Australia and internationally. Co-designed community forums have the potential to address health equity through inclusion of communities and key stakeholders in a collaborative agenda, empowering communities to improve health outcomes.

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