Project 449125

This project applies an Indigenous principle of Relationalism to build understanding of how complex social and cultural determinants shape Indigenous experiences of diabetes. We know these determinants matter for diabetes prevention and management, but how exactly do they drive decision-making for Indigenous people with diabetes, Indigenous communities, health care providers, systems, and policy makers? Project activities will include Indigenous community-led dialogue, realist literature reviews, an environmental scan of Indigenous diabetes responses, knowledge translation, and knowledge exchange events to facilitate shared understanding of Indigenous diabetes knowledge and practice. It is also an opportunity to collaboratively explore Indigenous relational approaches, and their application in research and primary health care to enable capacity to respect, hold and comprehend complexity. Through applying equity-focused policy frameworks we aim to synthesize and share emerging evidence in advocacy of primary health care system transformation. By building an Indigenous diabetes knowledge sharing platform, this work will support connection between diverse Indigenous peoples, researchers, healthcare practitioners and policy makers to engage deeply with Indigenous diabetes knowledge and build capacity for prevention and treatment innovation within primary health care and policy.