Pre- and post-test pilot study demonstrates improved diabetes and nutrition knowledge in Indigenous youth, highlighting the value of culturally safe education.
Key Points
To co-create, pilot-test, and evaluate a community-led digital educational resource aimed at preventing type 2 diabetes among Indigenous youth.
Conducted a pre- and post-test pilot evaluation of the digital 'wîcihitowin' educational resource.
Enrolled a purposeful sample of Indigenous youth (n = 87) from two Cree communities in a western Canadian province.
Evaluated differences in knowledge using descriptive statistics, paired t-tests, and correlation analyses.
Youth demonstrated moderate baseline knowledge scores across diabetes, nutrition, and physical activity topics.
Post-intervention knowledge scores significantly improved across all educational topic areas.
Significant positive correlations emerged across all evaluated knowledge domains following program completion.