Supporting Community Leadership and Action - Pacific peoples The power of collective small steps towards achieving change Samoan: Suamalie i le gutu a’e oona i le manava – fa’alalo le ma'i suka.
A Tongan-led diabetes workforce, resourced to work together with the Counties Manukau community to serve our families. Our aims: (1) Ke haofaki’i hotau ngaahi famili mei he suka and (2) Ke leva’i lelei e suka ‘i he famili.
Tamate i te toto vene.
Omai ke kau fakalataha ke tuku hifo e gagao suka ki lalo.
Extensive consultations with Pacific peoples to ascertain their needs, aspirations, priorities and appropriate approaches to meeting these, were undertaken via fono, working groups and community consultations. Community representatives and providers consistently supported Pacific churches and early childhood centres (ECEs) as being the starting point for Let's Beat Diabetes (LBD). To this end, the initial focus for LBD will, therefore, be on:
Supporting Pacific churches and Language Nests to develop and implement nutrition and physical activity initiatives within their communities Equipping Pacific leaders and their congregations with information about Self-Management Education of Type 2 Diabetes and its risk factors so they can become agents of change; Improving nutrition and physical activity for people who are obese and at risk of getting diabetes.
Underlying all of the interventions/initiatives is a community development process of increasing community knowledge and capacity to support Pacific community groups to become leadership hubs for change.
Pacific churches and communities
CMDHB Pacific Health team will continue to implement the Pasefika LotuMoui Operations Plan that sees 100 Pacific churches implementing healthy lifestyle activities in Counties Manukau.
Initiatives include:
· Nutrition Education Module including the Kai Lelei workshops for Church and non-Church communities, Language nests and parent groups and training through the National Heart Foundation
· Physical Activity Module including Moui Ola workshops through Church and non-Church communities, the successful running of lead-up heats and grand final of the Lotu Moui interChurch games and supporting other physical activity related Let’s Beat Diabetes initiatives.
· Self-Management Education
· Promotion of Healthy Weight
· Promotion of Healthy Lifestyle Options
Kids in Action
Kids in Action Programme is a joint programme between South Seas Healthcare, Ta Pasefika Health Trust PHO and Counties Manukau District Health Board. The rising level of obesity and early indications of the onset of Type 2 Diabetes are rapidly increasing for Pacific children and young people in the Counties Manukau District. This intervention aims to support Pacific children and their families to reduce and/or maintain their weight under clinical supervision.
Lotu Moui church aerobics
There are a number of churches in the Counties Manukau District that are currently implementing exercise programmes. However some churches in the Counties Manukau District that are currently implementing exercise programmes. However some churches may not have access to qualified physical fitness instructors which would pose potential health and safety risks to those participating in the activity. The aim of the Lotu Moui aerobics iniative is to provide ‘Pacific style’ aerobics in a setting that is appropriate and safe to participants. The programme is also open to those church groups who are not presently in the Lotu Moui programme.
Lotu Moui leadership & modelling pilot
The concept of a healthy lifestyle partnership between the Pacific churches and the Counties Manukau District Health Board is now well-established. Upskilling and the provision of tools to support the church population to be self-determinant in leading a healthy lifestyle is also well-developed.
The need for strong leadership within the Lotu Moui programme is imperative if it is to be successful and sustainable. The Pacific team will provide leadership and modelling training for the ministers and their families so they can demonstrate good lifestyle choices.
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