Grant: Project Grant

Drawing on the scientifically rigorous and adaptable Educating for Equity (E4E) care framework, we aim to translate an existing knowledge tool for use within a progressive, interactive and learner-centered approach to diabetes for patient psycho-education and physician training. We will examine the effects of implementing a robust knowledge tool with different stakeholders, focusing on outcomes from the patient-centered approach that prioritize health literacy and structural competency as a model for empowerment of Indigenous people with type 2 diabetes. The project aims to confirm the efficacy of the E4E care framework resources as a physician education intervention, and examine its translation as a patient psycho-education intervention within Indigenous-focused primary care clinics located in rural and urban Alberta Primary Care Networks. The project also aims to better understand associated resources and gaps, and to lay the foundation for broader application of E4E resources within alternative physician specialties and allied health professions, as well as in alternative chronic disease contexts. Based in Alberta, the study is partnered with diverse Primary Care Networks that bring together hundreds of physicians each, and where the majority of Indigenous people in the province access diabetes-related healthcare both on and off-reserve.