The study takes place in Vietnam and Indonesia in Intergenerational Self-Help Clubs (ISHGs), where community members assemble for activities concerning social, economical improvement and health and well-being. Volunteers in these ISHGs are trained in performing screening for diabetes and cardiovascular diseases and counselling participants concerning healthy living, or referral to primary healthcare facilities, if needed. At PHC level further diagnosis and if needed treatment is provided and referral back to ISHGs is done for lifestyle interventions.~In Indonesia screening takes place in the Posbindu programme, where trained volunteers (cadres) screen and counsel participants. If needed referral to Puskesmas (primary healthcare facilities is done, where further diagnosis and treatment takes place. Activities for health promotion and lifestyle interventions take place under supervision of the Posbindu programme.~In Myanmar and Indonesia individual monitoring and health education of participants is done through mobile applications.~Measuring of uptake, follow-up and adherence to interventions is done through routine data collection, through surveys, and through semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions.
The SUNI-SEA study is an intervention study that measures effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of prevention and early diagnosis of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in communities and primary healthcare (PHC) facilities in Indonesia, Myanmar and Vietnam.