Grant: Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

The recent launch of the IAPH Partners for Engagement and Knowledge Exchange initiative and Intervention Research Team grants signals a new direction in Aboriginal health research, one that takes seriously the need to better inform health promotion and disease prevention programs, practices and policies at diverse intervention levels. The Centre for Aboriginal Health Research proposes to offer the fourth annual Learning Institute entitled Intervention Research and Program Evaluation for Aboriginal Health, in which we will explore such topics as Aboriginal community-based intervention research, opportunities and challenges, ethical considerations, IR planning and program evaluation, IR partnerships, knowledge translation, and cultural safety. The intended overall outcome of the Learning Institute is well-informed knowledge users with enhanced capacity to engage in equitable intervention research partnerships that lead to effective health promotion and prevention interventions and programs in Aboriginal communities. The specific anticipated outcomes of the Learning Institute are that learners will be able to: 1. Identify the current and potential opportunities and challenges of IR for Aboriginal communities. 2. Assess the unique ethical considerations of IR and program evaluation within Aboriginal communities and health settings. 3. Fully participate in IR planning and implementation within Aboriginal communities and health settings. 4. Engage in equitable IR partnerships that benefit Aboriginal people and promote self-determination. 5. Design and implement knowledge translation resources/events that make full and constructive use of the findings of IR. 6. Ensure the cultural safety of all IR processes and products that involve and affect Aboriginal communities and health settings.