ENGAGE partners in Kenya
We recruited 10 community members in Meru county to act in an advisory capacity and also take part in awareness-raising activities. We trained them to understand dementia and they are currently developing awareness-raising messages for tee-shirts and other promotional materials. It was important to involve them in this process to ensure that messages were locally suited and potentially impactful.
ENGAGE partners in the UK
This project entails collaborating with dementia associates (people living with dementia/ caring for someone living with dementia) from the University of Salford in Manchester, UK. The associates have been involved in providing their voice and recommendations about the awareness-raising messages developed by our Kenyan partners to give further insight into the important messaging around dementia outreach.
December 2023
Training Community Representatives in Kenya to Understand Dementia
We held a training session on 'Understanding Dementia' with 10 community members from Meru county in Kenya.
The aim of this training was;
- To provide a general description of Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
- To explain the current and projected scope of the Alzheimer’s disease epidemic globally and in developing countries including East Africa
- To describe the care burden of Alzheimer’s disease, including caregivers and the health care system
- To co-develop locally suited messages for awareness raising programmes
- How dementia affects the person with dementia and their families in rural Kenya
- Challenging stigma and building awareness about dementia
- How people with dementia and their caregivers can be supported to stay connected with their communities
A preview of the role plays
The final part of the training involved developing culturally sensitive and appropriate messages/graphics/logos that can be printed on T-shirts to be worn by community representatives during awareness- raising events.
Developing T-Shirt prototypes
Presenting the Prototypes
January 2024
Eliciting feedback on the prototypes from people living with dementia /family carers
We presented the prototypes to a panel of Dementia Associates at the Salford Institute for Dementia and Ageing, Manchester, UK. The Associates provided feedback on the messages, graphics, logos, colours and designs of the prototypes. We also conducted a prioritisation exercise in which panel members chose the prototype with the message(s) they believed would be potentially effective in raising public awareness and changing negative attitudes about people living with dementia.
Community representatives in Kenya reviewed feedback from Dementia Associates
Watching a video recorded during the feedback session with Dementia Associates
Incorporating feedback into the prototypes
