A guide for improving physical activity in preventing Diabetes Mellitus type two among adult Somali women in Helsinki
Ahmed Abdisemed, Abdiaziz; Inalu, Maxwell; Mbankewah, Comfort (2021)
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021112321188
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021112321188
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The purpose of this study was to produce a guide for improving physical activity in preventing diabetic type 2 among adult Somali women in Helsinki and the aim of was to improve physical activity among Somali women. The guide was written in Somali, Finnish, and English languages. The goal was to benefit adult Somali women in Helsinki and can also be beneficial to all Somalians residing in Finland particularly Helsinki metropolitan region. The data used to draft the guide were obtained from world health organization (WHO) and Finnish institute for health and welfare (THL) webpages. The people who participated in the guide training session gave voluntary and anonymous feedback at the end of the event.
The aim of the feedback was to know how beneficial the guide was and for future development. The authors of this thesis recommended that care givers should promote mobility intervention among Somali women who resides in Helsinki such as walking, exercise training, dancing, and swimming in helping to prevent type 2 diabetes. Mobility intervention must make up of personal or group commitment and health education.
The aim of the feedback was to know how beneficial the guide was and for future development. The authors of this thesis recommended that care givers should promote mobility intervention among Somali women who resides in Helsinki such as walking, exercise training, dancing, and swimming in helping to prevent type 2 diabetes. Mobility intervention must make up of personal or group commitment and health education.