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Title: | Building resilience and community capacity: the Sachigo Lake wilderness emergency response education initiative |
Authors: | Curran, Jeffrey |
Keywords: | Community-based participatory research;Rural and remote health;Health promotion;Indigenous health |
Issue Date: | 21-May-2014 |
Publisher: | Laurentian University of Sudbury |
Abstract: | The Sachigo Lake Wilderness Emergency Response Education Initiative represented a partnership between Sachigo Lake First Nation in northern Ontario Canada, and medical professionals and university researchers from outside the community. This study was one component of a larger community-based participatory research program to develop locally relevant first response training to address the isolation from emergency healthcare in Sachigo Lake. The aim of this qualitative study was to complete a formative evaluation to understand how a five-day comprehensive training course implemented in May 2012: (a) met the local needs of Sachigo Lake; and (b) fostered resilience and community capacity. The results of this study describe the unique features of delivering first aid training in a remote context and illustrate the intrapersonal and interpersonal impacts of the program. Health promotion through community based first aid education is a model with potential to improve emergency care in the absence of formal emergency medical services. |
URI: | https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/dspace/handle/10219/2210 |
Appears in Collections: | Interdisciplinary Health / Santé interdisciplinaire - Master's Theses Master's Theses |
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