Table 1 Meeting manual contents, methods and implementation
Phase and meeting number | Discussion content | Supplementary methods (Discussion plus…) | N groups use method | Other methods (n groups & method) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Phase 1 Problem Identification Meeting 1 | Introducing the project | Game about working as a group | 122 | Â |
Meeting 2 | Open discussion about diabetes & ways to prevent and control diabetes | Story telling about someone with diabetes | 94 | 28 groups: a diabetic group attender told their story |
Meeting 3 | Care-seeking for diabetes | Village mapping of places were care about diabetes is sought | 122 | 122 groups: used the existing social map (made to decide the venue for group meetings) and health facilities were added to this map. |
Meeting 4 | Balanced diet, ideal weight and healthy food | Sort food items brought by members | 34 women’s groups brought cooked foods, 88 groups brought raw fruit or vegetables | 58 groups: facilitator brought oily foods to identify unhealthy foods |
| Â | Â | Game using picture cards of food | 122 | 12 groups: played food game using lottery as well as playing as stated in manual |
Meeting 5 | Physical Activity and exercise | Quiz using food plate (follow-up from meeting 4) | 122 | 61 groups: group attenders also did the exercise |
Facilitator demonstration of exercises | 122 | |||
Meeting 6 | Smoking | Game using cards | 122 | 49 groups: facilitators told a story about a smoker |
Experience sharing (smoker/smoker in the family) | 73 | |||
Meeting 7 | Stress | Story telling about someone suffering from stress | 122 | Â |
Meeting 8 | Complications of Diabetes | Flip chart | 122 | Â |
Meeting 9 | Prioritizing problems | Â | 122 | Â |
Phase 2 Planning together Meeting 10 | Planning and preparation for community meeting | Â | 122 | Â |
Meeting 11 | Community meeting | Drama, Story telling, Song, | 122 | Â |
Phase 3 Strategy implementation Meeting 12 | Strategy Implementation & care seeking | Â | 122 | Â |
Meeting 13 | Strategy implementation & diet and smoking | Picture card game, nutritional plate demonstration | 122 | 122 groups: group members brought fruit and vegetables |
Meeting 14 | Strategy implementation & physical activity and health | Exercise demonstration by facilitator | 122 | 122 groups: watch a video of exercises on a laptop with demonstration from facilitator 59 groups: did the exercises |
Phase 4 Participatory evaluation Meeting 15 | Community evaluation of strategies: planning | Evaluation game, role play of different methods of evaluation | 122 | Â |
Meeting 16 | Community evaluation of strategies | Sub-committee evaluation and discussion | 0 | 122 groups: discussion by whole group |
Meeting 17 | Sustaining strategies and planning handover to the community | Mapping of resources | 122 | 122 groups: discussion about resources using map that was prepared initially 122 groups: nominated new facilitators |
Meeting 18 | Community meeting and group handover | Community meeting | 0 | 122 groups: made a local committee responsible for continuing the intervention and monitoring strategy implementation, nominated facilitators were formally introduced, and given facilitation tools. |