51 - Impact of the South Asian Adolescent Diabetes Awareness Program (SAADAP) on Multilevel Diabetes Knowledge and Risk Perception

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. S21-S22
Author(s):  
Ananya Banerjee ◽  
Avantika Mathur ◽  
Russanthy Vellummailum ◽  
Anisha Mahajan ◽  
Nazima Qureshi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Diabetes Knowledge ◽  
The South ◽  
Awareness Program

Impact of the South Asian Adolescent Diabetes Awareness Program (SAADAP) on diabetes knowledge, risk perception and health behaviour

2021 ◽  
pp. 001789692110510
Author(s):  
Ananya Tina Banerjee ◽  
Anisha Mahajan ◽  
Avantika Mathur-Balendra ◽  
Nazima Qureshi ◽  
Marlon Teekah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Family History ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Health Behaviours ◽  
Diabetes Knowledge ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Awareness Program ◽  
History Of ◽  
Associated Risk Factors

Objective: Evidence suggests the increased prevalence of diabetes among South Asian (SA) adolescents is due to their genetic risk profile. The South Asian Adolescent Diabetes Awareness Program (SAADAP) is a pilot intervention for SA youth in Canada with a family history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We sought to investigate changes in (1) diabetes knowledge and associated risk factors, (2) risk perception and (3) health behaviours among adolescents participating in SAADAP. Design: One-group pre-test, post-test design informed by a commitment to community-based participatory research (CBPR). Setting: Sixty-eight adolescents aged 13–17 years with a family history of T2DM participated in SAADAP in a clinical-community setting in Canada. Method: Pre–post questionnaires were administered to evaluate diabetes knowledge and associated risk factors, risk perceptions and health behaviours. Analyses were restricted to 49 participants who attended at least four diabetes education sessions. Results: The mean age of adolescents was 14.5 years, and 57.1% self-identified as girls. The difference in knowledge about the definition, symptoms and complications of T2DM from baseline to post-intervention was 3.32 out of 21 ( p < .001) among SA youth. There was significant increase in learning about diabetes risk factors ( p < .001) from baseline to post-intervention. Almost 60% of participants exhibited no change in their risk perception after intervention. Approximately two-thirds of the participants self-reported positive changes in health behaviours after completing the programme. Conclusion: SAADAP showed promising outcomes in raising knowledge and improving health behaviours in SA adolescents with a family history of diabetes. Larger controlled trials with longer follow-up are recommended to support and expand on the current findings.

scholarly journals ADAPTATION OF DIABETES KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES CONTEXT

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 252
Author(s):  
Kanchana Narsingrao Dussa ◽  
Rakesh Kumar Sahay ◽  
Parimalakrishnan Sundararajan ◽  
Mendu Vishnuvardhanarao
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Blood Glucose ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Diabetes Knowledge ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
The South ◽  
Knowledge Questionnaire

Objective: To adapt diabetes knowledge questionnaire (DKQ) which would be suitable for assessing diabetes knowledge of subjects with type 1 and type 2 diabetes of the South Asian region.Methods: For content validation of DKQ, Delphi survey of 111 opinion leaders was conducted during the South Asian Federation of Endocrine Societies (SAFES) summit in Hyderabad. The participants are endocrinologists, diabetologists, physicians, primary care physicians and researchers from India, Srilanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan. Participants were asked to indicate their opinion on each of the 15 questions of DKQ as whether to include it in modified DKQ on five points Likert’s scale. Participants were also requested to provide their critical comments for modification, opinion, and applicability of DKQ. The consensus was considered to be reached when 67% of participants indicated agree or strongly agree, comments regarding modification, opinion, and applicability of DKQ. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics with IBM SPSS 19.0 version.Results: Final resultant modified DKQ comprises 13 multiple choice questions common in subjects with type-1 and type-2 diabetes, eg. blood glucose levels, diet, exercise, lifestyle, treatment, self-monitoring of blood glucose, sick day, complications, annual medical checkups; 4 multiple choice questions for subjects taking oral medication and/ or insulin only, eg. monitoring, hypoglycemia, traveling precautions, precautions for adverse drug / drug-drug reactions and 1 multiple choice question (sick day) for subjects with type 1 diabetes only.Conclusion: Modified DKQ can be utilized for evaluating diabetes knowledge outcome of subjects with diabetes of the South Asian region. Rigorous re-validation of modified DKQ will be carried out.

Labels, Histories, Politics: Indian/South Asian Dance on the Global Stage

2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
AVANTHI MEDURI
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
First Century ◽  
Nation State ◽  
The South ◽  
Global Networks ◽  
Indian Nation ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Uk

In this paper, I discuss issues revolving around history, historiography, alterity, difference and otherness concealed in the doubled Indian/South Asian label used to describe Indian/South Asian dance genres in the UK. The paper traces the historical genealogy of the South Asian label to US, Indian and British contexts and describes how the South Asian enunciation fed into Indian nation-state historiography and politics in the 1950s. I conclude by describing how Akademi: South Asian Dance, a leading London based arts organisation, explored the ambivalence in the doubled Indian/South Asian label by renaming itself in 1997, and forging new local/global networks of communication and artistic exchange between Indian and British based dancers and choreographers at the turn of the twenty-first century.

Heritage

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Shaikh ◽  
Stefano Bonino
Keyword(s):  
Facial Expressions ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Online Video ◽  
The South ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Public ◽  
Video Footage ◽  
Community Heritage ◽  
Personal Accounts ◽  
The Way

The Colourful Heritage Project (CHP) is the first community heritage focused charitable initiative in Scotland aiming to preserve and to celebrate the contributions of early South Asian and Muslim migrants to Scotland. It has successfully collated a considerable number of oral stories to create an online video archive, providing first-hand accounts of the personal journeys and emotions of the arrival of the earliest generation of these migrants in Scotland and highlighting the inspiring lessons that can be learnt from them. The CHP’s aims are first to capture these stories, second to celebrate the community’s achievements, and third to inspire present and future South Asian, Muslim and Scottish generations. It is a community-led charitable project that has been actively documenting a collection of inspirational stories and personal accounts, uniquely told by the protagonists themselves, describing at first hand their stories and adventures. These range all the way from the time of partition itself to resettling in Pakistan, and then to their final accounts of arriving in Scotland. The video footage enables the public to see their facial expressions, feel their emotions and hear their voices, creating poignant memories of these great men and women, and helping to gain a better understanding of the South Asian and Muslim community’s earliest days in Scotland.

(Un)Settling Imagined Lands

2019 ◽  
pp. 174-208
Author(s):  
Kakali Bhattacharya
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Asian Women ◽  
South Asian Women ◽  
The South ◽  
Global North ◽  
Research Praxis ◽  
Global Agenda ◽  
Academic Discourses

De/colonial methodologies and ontoepistemologies have gained popularity in the academic discourses emerging from Global North perspectives over the last decade. However, such perspectives often erase the broader global agenda of de/colonizing research, praxis, and activism that could be initiated and engaged with beyond the issue of land repatriation, as that is not the only agenda in de/colonial initiatives. In this chapter, I coin a framework, Par/Des(i), with six tenets, and offer three actionable methodological turns grounded in transnational de/colonial ontoepistemologies. I locate, situate, and trace the Par/Des(i) framework within the South Asian diasporic discourses and lived realities as evidenced from my empirical work with transnational South Asian women, my community, and my colleagues. Therefore, I offer possibilities of being, knowing, and enacting de/colonizing methodologies in our work, when engaging with the Par/Des(i) framework, with an invitation for an expanded conversation.

scholarly journals Taxonomic revision of the South Asian River dolphins ( Platanista ): Indus and Ganges River dolphins are separate species

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gill T. Braulik ◽  
Frederick I. Archer ◽  
Uzma Khan ◽  
Mohammad Imran ◽  
Ravindra K. Sinha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Ganges River ◽  
The South ◽  
Separate Species
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