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Translating Knowledge: Promoting Health through Intergenerational Community Arts Programming
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Fast, Janet, Eales, Jacquie, Anderson, Sharon, Barnet, David, Chivers, Sally, Keating, Norah
Introduction. Intergenerational programs have been touted to address the generation gaps and isolation of older adults. Mutual contact alone has produced mixed results, but attention to the intergenerational program content demonstrates well-being benefits. This practice-based article examines...
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Conceiving action, tracking practice, and locating expertise for health promotion research.
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Health promotion is the process of enabling persons, families, neighbourhoods, communities, sectors, and societies to take action around the development and implementation of health determinants.The goal is to put health determinants in the control of individuals through programming that enhances...
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Putting the Capabilities Approach into Action (Research): A Comparative Assessment of a Technology Stewardship Training Program for Agricultural Extension in Sri Lanka and Trinidad
Download2020-06-01
Gow, Gordon A., Dissanayeke, Uvasara, Jayathilake, Chandana, Chowdhury, Ataharul, Ramjattan, Jeet, Ganpat, Wayne, Isuri Kumarasinghe, Kumudu Ariyawanshe, Sanduni Rathnayake
Prepared for International Association for Media and Communication Researchers (IAMCR) 2020 conference. This paper reports on a technology stewardship training program aimed at operationalizing the Capabilities Approach with agricultural extension practitioners in Low and Middle-Income Countries...
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An Introduction to Technology Stewardship for ICT Adoption and Use in Agricultural Communities of Practice: DOEA Kurunegala-North Case Study Booklet
Download2016-09-01
Gow, Gordon A., Jayathilake, C., Waidyanatha, N.
This case study booklet introduces student practitioners to technology stewardship. It has a companion Course Workbook. The course is part of an action research project to develop and test strategies to promote inclusive innovation with agricultural communities of practice in developing country...
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“It was a once in a lifetime opportunity”: The Power of Participating in a Video Research Project for Aboriginal Youth
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Community-based participatory research (CBPR) and arts-based research methods such as participatory video have proven to be effective in engaging youth in research projects. However, limited evidence exists on how participation in these research projects specifically impacts individuals’ health....
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Understanding Policy-Influencer Perspectives on the Adoption and Spread of Provincial Daily Physical Activity Policies across Canada: A Multiple Case Study
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Physical activity is an important part of a healthy lifestyle and contributes to improved physical and mental health. In Canada, children are becoming more inactive and are at risk of poor health outcomes and chronic disease. School physical activity policies represent one intervention strategy...
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Creating and Capitalizing on Opportunities to Reduce Poverty: The Process and Power of Integrated Knowledge Translation
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This thesis describes the experiences of partners involved in integrated knowledge translation (iKT)—a poorly understood process wherein partners from diverse professional spheres (e.g. community, government, and academia) work together to ensure research generated is relevant for the context of...