TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing youth empowerment and co-design to advance Pasifika health
T2 - a qualitative research study in New Zealand
AU - Prapaveissis, Danielle
AU - Henry, Akerere
AU - Okiama, Elizabeth
AU - Funaki, Tevita
AU - Faeamani, Gavin
AU - Masaga, Jennifer
AU - Brown, Blakely
AU - Kaholokula, Keawe
AU - Ing, Claire
AU - Matheson, Anna
AU - Tiatia-Seath, Jemaima
AU - Schlesser, Max
AU - Borman, Barry
AU - Ellison-Loschmann, Lis
AU - Tupai-Firestone, Ridvan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Objectives: The Pasifika Prediabetes Youth Empowerment Programme (PPYEP) was a community-based research project that aimed to investigate empowerment and co-design modules to build the capacity of Pasifika youth to develop community interventions for preventing prediabetes. Methods: This paper reports findings from a formative evaluation process of the programme using thematic analysis. It emphasises the adoption, perceptions and application of empowerment and co-design based on the youth and community providers’ experiences. Results: We found that the programme fostered a safe space, increased youth's knowledge about health and healthy lifestyles, developed their leadership and social change capacities, and provided a tool to develop and refine culturally centred prediabetes-prevention programmes. These themes emerged non-linearly and synergistically throughout the programme. Conclusions: Our research emphasises that empowerment and co-design are complementary in building youth capacity in community-based partnerships in health promotion. Implications for public health: Empowerment and co-design are effective tools to develop and implement culturally tailored health promotion programmes for Pasifika peoples. Future research is needed to explore the programme within different Pasifika contexts, health issues and Indigenous groups.
AB - Objectives: The Pasifika Prediabetes Youth Empowerment Programme (PPYEP) was a community-based research project that aimed to investigate empowerment and co-design modules to build the capacity of Pasifika youth to develop community interventions for preventing prediabetes. Methods: This paper reports findings from a formative evaluation process of the programme using thematic analysis. It emphasises the adoption, perceptions and application of empowerment and co-design based on the youth and community providers’ experiences. Results: We found that the programme fostered a safe space, increased youth's knowledge about health and healthy lifestyles, developed their leadership and social change capacities, and provided a tool to develop and refine culturally centred prediabetes-prevention programmes. These themes emerged non-linearly and synergistically throughout the programme. Conclusions: Our research emphasises that empowerment and co-design are complementary in building youth capacity in community-based partnerships in health promotion. Implications for public health: Empowerment and co-design are effective tools to develop and implement culturally tailored health promotion programmes for Pasifika peoples. Future research is needed to explore the programme within different Pasifika contexts, health issues and Indigenous groups.
KW - Pasifika health
KW - co-design
KW - community-based research
KW - youth empowerment
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U2 - 10.1111/1753-6405.13187
DO - 10.1111/1753-6405.13187
M3 - Article
C2 - 34821440
AN - SCOPUS:85120615432
SN - 1326-0200
VL - 46
SP - 56
EP - 61
JO - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
JF - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
IS - 1
ER -
