14/05/2024
Using the Strengths of Māori and Pasifika Community to address challenges associated with type-2 Diabetes. Communities bring collective values where family, reciprocity, relationships, spirituality and connections to land are important to holistic health and wellbeing. The Pasifika Women’s Diabetes Wellness Program (PWDWP) is the first culturally framed intervention co-designed and co-developed with Māori and Pasifika women living with type 2 diabetes in Queensland. Centred around family with Pacific value systems, Pasifika Women’s Wellness encourages healthier lifestyles within the social and cultural context of Māori and Pasifika communities. It embeds Pasifika Health worldviews to improve health outcomes from chronic conditions such as diabetes and its related complications. It also takes into consideration the cultural shame associated with acknowledging the disease and tailors the interventions using talanoa as the key strategy to come to a shared meaning for behaviour change.
Links
Pasifika Diabetes Research
research.qut.edu.au/ccnr/projects/public-health/pasifika_womens_diab
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvLG9SNrHgd5TA3sitVQoBg
Using the Strengths of Māori and Pasifika Community to address challenges associated with type-2 Diabetes. Communities bring collective values where family, ...
