Half of Albertans not getting enough exercise- University to conduct research on the benefits of recreational space
The Stony Plain Reporter
August 11, 2011
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- About UsPolicy, Location, and Access in Community Environments (PLACE) Lab Recent research on lifestyle-related interventions suggests that context, environment, and setting are central to the success of health promotion programs, policies, and practice. This means that the places where program and policy interventions occur are as important as bith the intervention design and the characteristics of the participants involved. The determinants of health also intersect in a particular place and influence health opportunities and barriers. Understanding relationships between people, policy, and place is essential to health promotion and public health. The purpose of the Policy, Location, and Access in Community Environments (PLACE) lab is to contribute to a better understanding of the people-policy-place relationships in chronic disease interventions and prevention initiatives. Work in the PLACE lab involves community-based research, qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and GIS mapping. PLACE research activities consist of three areas of investigation: policy interventions, as policy shapes how people behave in particular settings (e.g., neighbourhoods, schools, workplaces, communities); community-based studies of opportunities for and barriers to healthy choices; and knowledge exchange, or interactions between research and practice to support knowledge sharing and use. Dr. Candace Nykiforuk is the principal investigator of the PLACE lab.
- ProjectsUnderstanding Seasonal Facilitators and Barriers to Unstructured Free Play amongst Children, Youth and Families in a Small Rural-Urban Alberta Community (2011-2012) Funder: Alberta Rural Development Network Research Project Principal Investigator: Dr. Candace Nykiforuk Co-Investigator: Dr. Helen Vallianatos Assessing Community Environments for Physical Activity and Healthy Eating: Development of Innovative Mixed-Methods Approaches for Utilizing Objective and Subjective Data (2010-2012) Funder: CIHR Operating Grant – Population Health Intervention Research Principal Investigator: Dr. Candace Nykiforuk Co-Investigators: Drs. Tanya Berry, Helen Vallianatos Assessing Community Environments for Physical Activity and Healthy Eating: Development of Innovative Mixed-Methods Approaches for Utilizing Objective and Subjective Data (2010-2012) Funder: CIHR Operating Grant – Innovations in Health Research Principal Investigators: Drs. Candace Nykiforuk, Donald Schopflocher Co-Investigators: Drs. Helen Vallianatos, John C. Spence, Kim Raine, Ron Plotnikoff Can We Get Old Here? A Scoping Review of Suburban Aging-in-Place (2010-2011) Funder: CIHR Knowledge Synthesis Grant Principal Investigators: Drs. Theresa Garvin, Sherrill Johnson, Candace Nykiforuk, Verena Menec Co-Investigators: Rosalie Freund-Heritage, Lynda McPhee, Marilyn Hussey, Shafraaz Kaba, Brenda Wong, Dr. Belinda Parke Older Persons’ Transitions In Care (OPTIC) (2009-2012) Funder: CIHR Partnerships for Health System Improvement Principal Investigators: Drs. Greta Cummings, Carole Estabrooks, Peter Norton, Joanne Konnert, Colin Reid Co-Investigators: Drs. Leslie Bryant Maclean,…
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- Tobacco Marketers Targeting Teens Near Schools (2007)
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