In 2018, we invited Professor Pardhan and her team to a brainstorming workshop to lead the development of a training material for diabetic patients. Participants included representatives of the Diabetes and Endocrinology Association of Nepal (DEAN), Nepal Health Research Council, diabetic patients, and healthcare providers including a diabetes doctors, dietician, ophthalmologists, a physical activity instructor, and a behaviour change worker. Diabetes-awareness training, culturally appropriate to the Nepali context, was developed in the local language, to address the barriers identified by her research.
The program was validated in Nepali
patients using a randomised controlled trial, which has been published in a
peer-reviewed journal (Pardhan, Upadhyaya, Smith, Sharma, Tuladhar, Adhikari,
Kidd, & Sapkota, 2023. Front Endocrinol, 14, 1076253).