A health promotion facilitator with Strategy and Planning, Provincial Population Public Health at Alberta Health Services (AHS) in Calgary, AB. Her work focuses on project management, and she has a special interest in health equity-related projects.
Leads the Performance Measurement team for Population and Public Health with AHS in Calgary, AB. Her work focuses on demonstrating the collective impact of population and public health across Alberta.
Healthc Q. 2023 Jul;26(2):17-23. doi: 10.12927/hcq.2023.27143.
Inequities in cancer screening were identified in Calgary, AB, by correlating low screening participation with higher material deprivation. This initiative sought to understand awareness of and barriers to breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening to inform the co-design and implementation of an outreach strategy to increase screening awareness. Online focus groups with community members ( = 69) identified five themes, and interviews with community health workers ( = 21) identified four themes. The engagement phase led to a multi-component outreach strategy including a multilingual video series, a media campaign leveraging partner channels and a health worker information package with resources to assist with hosting community-based education sessions.
在卡尔加里,通过将低筛查参与率与更高的物质剥夺率相关联,发现癌症筛查存在不平等现象。这一举措旨在了解乳腺癌、宫颈癌和结直肠癌筛查的知晓情况和障碍,为制定和实施外展战略以提高筛查意识提供信息。与社区成员(=69 人)进行的在线焦点小组确定了五个主题,与社区卫生工作者(=21 人)进行的访谈确定了四个主题。参与阶段导致了一种多组分外展策略,包括一个多语言视频系列、一个利用合作伙伴渠道的媒体宣传活动,以及一个带有资源的卫生工作者信息包,以协助举办基于社区的教育课程。