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Lucie Levésque Workshop and Conference on Health-Promoting Lifecycle Academic-Community Partnerships
When and Where
June 27, 2023
0930-1300, Workshop, limited to 15 participants (Universidade Lusófona, room U.0.4
1415-1615 Conference and round-table about Health-Promoting Academic-Community Partnerships best practices and ethics (Universidade Lusófona, room S.0.11)
Registration
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What
- Hands-on workshop led by Professor Lucie Levésque.
- Conference by Professor Lucie Levésque followed by a round-table with researchers and stakeholders about community-academic partnerships in the development and implementation of health promotion programs.
Provisional list of participants in the round-table:
- Nuno Dias – Sports Evolution Alliance
- Ana Gama – Nova University, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública
Who
Dr. Lucie Lévesque is a long-time member of the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project (KSDPP) research team and a frequent collaborator on Indigenous research initiatives. She has extensive experience working with Indigenous communities within a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) framework². Dr. Lévesque leads the Community-Engaged Health Promotion Research group in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University. Her research focuses on program evaluation and implementation science examining community-based physical activity interventions through an ecological approach².
The Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Program (KSDPP) began in 1994 at the request of elders who wanted to prevent the onset of Type 2 diabetes in future generations. The program is committed to preventing type 2 diabetes in Kahnawake by empowering community members to care for their personal and family health through continual improvement of their unique diabetes prevention model based on Kanien’keha values. KSDPP collaborates with all community organizations on a shared vision of diabetes prevention activities that reach all community members. KSDPP continues to develop its research model based on the experiences of Kahnawakero:non, staff and researchers in a partnership between Kahnawake and universities. It is shared with other Indigenous communities and all others involved with diabetes prevention.
