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