Danielle Prapavessis

BSc (Hons)

PhD Topic:
The role of youth empowerment interventions in Pasifika communities to co-develop community-based interventions that encourage healthy lifestyles and the reduction of prediabetes. Research involves implementing and testing an original youth empowerment programme in two Pasifika communities and assessing the long-term uptake through a model of social change.

Principal Supervisor:
Professor Barry Borman, Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University

Co-Supervisor:
Pacific Health Senior Research Fellow, Ridvan Firestone, Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University