Journal article
Impact of the South Asian Adolescent Diabetes Awareness Program (SAADAP) on diabetes knowledge, risk perception and health behaviour
Abstract
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 …
Authors
Banerjee AT; Mahajan A; Mathur-Balendra A; Qureshi N; Teekah M; Yogaratnam S; Prabhakar P; Ahmed S; Shah BR; Velummailum R
Journal
Health Education Journal, Vol. 81, No. 1, pp. 96–108
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
February 2022
DOI
10.1177/00178969211051054
ISSN
0017-8969