The Engagement of coMmunity through Participatory learning and actions for cOntrol and preVEntion of type II Diabetes and its Risk factors (EMPOWER-D) project is running three trials: in rural and urban Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
The Rural Pakistan two-arm cluster randomised control trial is working in Peshawar and Swabi, KP, and is currently at the end of the intervention phase. The Urban Pakistan Feasibility trial is… The Afghanistan Feasibility Trial…
If you want to know more about our work in EMPOWER-D, check out our Latest News!
- EMCR Spotlight! Turning Data into Decisions
- EMCR Spotlight! Supporting Health Research Through Statistics
- How Rural Community Mobilization is Rewriting Public Health
- From Courts to Classrooms: How EMPOWER-D is Leading Grassroots Initiatives in Diabetes Prevention
At the Centre for IMPACT, the community stands at the heart of our Diabetes research.
In this video, Mr Hammad, one of our Community Advisory Panel Members, shares a moving poem capturing the experience of living with Diabetes.
You read more about EMPOWER-D and our work in the Diabetes theme in our recent publications:
- Community Health Participatory interventions in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases including mental health in crisis-affected Low-and Middle-Income Countries – a scoping review.
- Engaging communities through participatory learning action for the control and prevention of diabetes: A protocol for the Process Evaluation of the EMPOWER-D trial in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Application of the ADAPT Framework to Contextualize a Participatory Learning and Action Community Intervention for the Prevention and Control of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Urban and Rural Settings in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Protocol for Intervention Adaptation. - Engagement of coMmunity through Participatory learning and action for cOntrol and preVEntion of Type 2 Diabetes and its Risk factors (EMPOWER-D): protocol for a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial in urban Pakistan.
- Engagement of coMmunity through Participatory learning and action for cOntrol and preVEntion of type II Diabetes and its Risk factors (EMPOWER-D) – A Protocol for a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.
Take a look at our video for World Diabetes Day:
