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- The study aimed to understand the motivations and factors influencing healthy lifestyle choices among South-Asian Surinamese individuals for creating better support strategies.
- Researchers utilized a mixed-methods approach involving focus groups, questionnaires, and professional interviews to gather diverse insights, with participation from 60 individuals across various groups.
- Findings indicated shared motivations for healthy living but highlighted a need for more culturally sensitive healthcare practices, as professionals struggled with patient adherence, suggesting improvements in lifestyle interventions could benefit from a supportive social network and gradual changes.
Article Abstract
To gain insight in the motives and determinants for the uptake of healthy lifestyles by South-Asian Surinamese people to identify needs and engagement strategies for healthy lifestyle support. We used a mixed-method design: first, focus groups with South-Asian Surinamese women; second, a questionnaire directed at their social network, and third, interviews with health professionals. Qualitative content analysis, basic statistical analyses and triangulation of data were applied. Sixty people participated ( = 30 women, = 20 social network, = 10 professionals). Respondent groups reported similar motives and determinants for healthy lifestyles. In general, cardiometabolic prevention was in line with the perspectives and needs of South-Asian Surinamese. However, there seems to be a mismatch too: South-Asian Surinamese people missed a culturally sensitive approach, whereas professionals experienced difficulty with patient adherence. Incremental changes to current lifestyles; including the social network, and an encouraging approach seem to be key points for improvement of professional cardiometabolic prevention. Some key points for better culturally tailoring of preventive interventions would meet the needs and preferences of the South-Asian Surinamese living in the Netherlands.
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