Codesigning the South Asian Diet and Activity Intervention (SADAI): process and outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study outlines the development of a codesigned, coproduced intervention to address the high risk of diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCD) among South Asians (SA) in New Zealand. The objectives were to identify: (1) reasons, concerns and perceptions influencing dietary changes post-migration; (2) preferred formats and delivery modes for the intervention; (3) intervention design features; (4) community volunteers for coproduction; and (5) coproduce the intervention components.

Design

Participatory Action Research.

Setting

SA communities in Auckland and Dunedin, New Zealand.

Participants

SA immigrants aged 25-59 years. Ten telephone or face-to-face interviews were conducted between 2018 and 2019. Following this, one codesign workshop (n

SUBMITTER: Parackal SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12516638 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature