Retnakaran, Ravi R

Published purpose

Under the leadership of the CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (CIHR-INMD) and funded through Budget 2021 as part of the 100 Years of Insulin: Accelerating Canadian Discoveries to Defeat Diabetes initiative, funding will be provided for an application focused on improving psychosocial health and resilience, models of care, and self-management of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in youth and young adults (YYA) living with or at risk of T2D in racialized, ethnocultural and low SES communities. Research may include improved prevention and treatment approaches for T2D in YYA in places where YYA live, learn, work and play, using a precision prevention approach and targeting those most at risk of developing T2D. Research must incorporate culturally appropriate approaches to address: • Prevention, treatment and self-management of T2D, including but not limited to, peer-support groups, mentorship programs, healthy lifestyle and behaviour modification programs and knowledge mobilization; • Policy and program interventions using a social determinants of health framework that decrease the risks of the development and progression of T2D, including but not limited to, access to healthy food and equitable access to physical activity opportunities; and • Community-based, family-based, and inter-generational approaches and programs in relation to prevention of T2D.