Ktunaxa Community Learning Centres 2006 to 2009, funded by CIHR

How can technology be used to promote health education in rural First Nations communities?

KCLC Locations Aq’am,

Akisq’nuk

Yaqan Nu?kiy

What does a KCLC look like?

A physical space with computers

A community-developed website

Research and technical leads to…

engage community members

identify health education priorities

find health resources

develop CLC content

provide technical support during CLC use

KCLC Resources to CLC Tools Large amount of potential resources generated from

KCLC initiative

What resources are most useful to other community learning centre initiatives?

How can these resources be developed into tools?

How should we prioritize tool development?

KCLC Resources

The possible tools Funding

Research

Training & Capacity Building

Promotions

Technology support

Web-site

Partnerships

Health education resources Workshops

Web information

How to find reliable health information on the internet

CLC Toolkit Research 8 Semi-structured telephone and face-to-face

interviews

Developed and conducted by researchers located in the Ktunaxa Nation and at the eHealth Strategy Office in Vancouver

Participants:

KCLC developers

other learning centres in BC

Friendship centres

One out-of-province community learning initiative

CLC Toolkit Research Results –Top Tools What do CLCs want in a Toolkit?

Must Haves

• Grant writing guides, compilation of funding resources, how to seek partnership opportunities

• Research training and tools

Next up…

• Technical support guides

• Communication strategies

Results- advice Funding and sustainability is enhanced by

partnerships and resource awareness

Each community is unique

Researching community needs is a crucial step for each CLC to deliver specific and useable resources

Toolkit must be flexible to adapt to funding received and individual community needs

Next Step Dissemination and continued development of tools

Piloting toolkit as a resource to accompany the interCultural Online health Network (iCON)

Work with different communities to assess needs and develop applicable resources

Broaden toolkit and further develop tools starting with those highlighted in research interviews

www.iconproject.org

Special Thanks to Ktunaxa Nation

Canadian Institutes for Health Research

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

Mary Jimmy, Researcher, Aksiq’nuk First Nation

Dr. Sandra Jarvis-Selinger, Principal Investigator

Elizabeth Stacy, Research Coordinator

eHealth Strategy Office, UBC