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Recommendations Several recommendations can be made based on the results of this evaluation effort, and these can be directed towards different actors accordingly. Recommendations for SADPP 1. Continue to develop innovative outreach activities that engage and target individuals who are currently left out of the screening process and attempt to provide equal access to SADPP (greater focus on those individuals and groups who do not access services) 2. Continue to deliver high quality programming that is consistent with the program’s language-specific and culturally-relevant principles in the community setting. If possible, according to community partners’ schedules, attempt to shorten the amount of time between encounters with participants. 3. Work with MOHLTC and TC-LHIN to build on the existing momentum and support for the South Asian screening tool by pursuing the systematic revision and validation of the tool, as planned in 2014-15. Additionally, SADPP has been regularly and proactively scanning the literature to keep the tool up to date which should continue. 4. With the investment of additional resources, continue to translate the valuable resources that SADPP offers participants, specifically slides in different languages and the South Asian Diabetes Prevention Care Kit beyond the current two languages. It is clear that participants benefit hugely from the language specific services and resources that SADPP develops and offers and this should continue. 5. Continue to actively engage the participating communities in program planning. Work with the South Asian communities to build capacity and community strength. The program is currently delivered from a South Asian perspective but those living with diabetes or at risk in the community with challenges accessing services can strengthen in strategic planning for SADPP. 6. Increase efforts to reach other people in the participant families to affect supporting behaviours and attitudes and to use social support as a mechanism to facilitate attachment, enrolment, and behaviour change. 7. Pursue relationships with DEPs and PCPs to smooth transitions in care and help to increase feedback from PCPs and DEPs on participant health status. 8. Continue to try to target younger populations (as the risk of diabetes in South Asian begins at an earlier age than other ethnicities) and continue to try to reach the most vulnerable South Asian participants, including those not currently connected to other community services. 9. Recent community engagement strategies launched within SADPP are excellent, and this type of community engagement should continue in the future. In addition, advocate for this population to receive support in Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and Mental Health. Recommendations for MOHLTC and TCLHIN 10. There is a strong recognition of the risk factor that lack of physical activity plays, as well as the intention to increase the level of activity - but there is a gap in implementing it. The addition of a physical activity capacity complement to the SADPP’s multi-disciplinary team make up, (ex: Kinesiologist) to support the majority of SADPP participants where there are well-documented barriers between intention and implementation around physical activity to prevent diabetes.
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