Grant: Knowledge Translation Supplement

This one year project aims to translate research on the social determinants of rural health into healthier economic development planning through an active Knowledge Translation approach. Specifically, this project will engage the BC Mining Sector, the BC Oil and Gas Sector, key industry approval and permitting officials, impact and risk assessing consultants, and BC communities dependent on mining/oil and gas activities to share synthesized findings from a recently completed Canadian Institutes of Health Research funded project focused on the social determinants of rural health in British Columbia. The purpose of this project is to inform the consideration and inclusion of social determinants of health during the impact/risk assessment process and community sustainability planning. Project outcomes will include: the forging of new relationships between community, researchers, industry, consultants, and governments; increasing awareness and knowledge in relation to social capital and the social dimension of health in rural and remote BC; and enhancing the effectiveness of impact assessments and development planning by raising the profile of links between development and health outcomes especially in Northern, rural, and remote places.