Date: Monday June 12
Time: 13.30 – 15.00 hrs
Location: B0075, Leeuwenborch, Wageningen Campus
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Professor Lucie Lévesque from the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada will share a talk with us on how to train a community-engaged researcher. Using the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Program (KSDPP) as an example. The Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Program (KSDPP) is committed to prevent type 2 diabetes in Kahnawake. They empower community members to care for their personal and family health through continual improvement of our unique diabetes prevention model based on Kanien’keha values. They collaborate with all community organizations on a shared vision of diabetes prevention activities that reach all community members.
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About dr. Lucie Lévesque
Dr. Lévesque leads the Community-Engaged Heath Promotion Research group in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies. Her research focuses on program evaluation and implementation science examining community-based physical activity interventions through an ecological approach. A long-time member of the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project (KSDPP) research team, and frequent collaborator on Indigenous research initiatives, Dr. Lévesque has extensive experience working with Indigenous communities within a CBPR framework. Her work is founded on community engagement for the production and dissemination of action-oriented knowledge. Dr. Lévesque’s research encompasses both Indigenous and mainstream/Western science approaches and has informed the ways in which respectful and relevant research is conducted with Indigenous communities in Canada (e.g., KSDPP Code of Research Ethics; Canada’s Tri Council Policy Statement 2: Module 9 – Research Involving the First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples of Canada). In addition to her research with Indigenous communities, she also collaborates with public health researchers in local communities and in Latin America and the Caribbean to conduct program evaluation and research related to physical activity and health promotion.
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