Empowering Newcomer Parents as Health Advocates through Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR)

The proposed project is centred on “Empowering newcomer parents as health advocates through Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR)”. In Canada, the newcomer population and their children have an increased risk of developing lifestyle-related diseases. Empowering parents by ensuring their active participation in designing and implementation of the intervention through CBPR can lead to better identification of the facilitators and barriers of healthy behaviours in their children. This will further increase the uptake and effectiveness of the program. However, gaps exist in the current literature with the use of participatory approaches. For instance, several approaches are underused, or the most used approaches fail to adapt to the cultural norms of the community. Building on this research problem, this research project aims to investigate the different methods of participatory approaches that can be used to ensure appropriate involvement of newcomer parents. The objectives of this project are to conduct a comprehensive review of the different participatory approaches that may be used to inform SCORE! Project and CBPR projects in Canada. Further, the project aims to inform similar research in the Indian context through knowledge sharing and translation, aligning with the UN SDGs, particularly SDG 3, 10, 16 and 17.

Faculty Supervisor:

Sonia Anand

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Partner:

Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

McMaster University

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