Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: health, social sciences, education, smoking
Principal Investigator: | Hammond, Merryl (6) |
Licence Number: | 14821 |
Organization: | Consultancy for Alternative Education |
Licensed Year(s): |
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
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Issued: | Nov 12, 2010 |
Objective(s): To empower people in Aklavik and Ulukhaktok to take increasing control over tobacco-related research and plans for community action to reduce tobacco abuse over 5 years.
Project Description: This project will use Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) to accomplish the goal of empowering people in Aklavik and Holman to take increasing control over tobacco-related research and plans for community action to reduce tobacco abuse over 5 years. Members of the CBPR Groups were selected during fall 2007, trained about tobacco and health, CBPR, and how to design survey instruments, and how to collect data. During the fall and winter of 2008, the teams have conducted a baseline community survey about smoking using a 4-page interview schedule. The teams are also doing their own data entry using project-supplied computers. The research team has hired and trained local people to work as Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) team members. These CBPR teams are responsible for implementing all phases of the research, and then for feeding back the research results and working with community members to pla... Show more