2016 Network for Canadian Oral Health Research (NCOHR) Summer Research Institute in Life Course Approach to Oral Health Research
Date: Thursday, August 18 to Saturday, August 20, 2016
Location: 2199 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, John B Macdonald Building, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia
Description
The life course perspective refers to a research methodology aimed at exploring people’s lives within structural, social, and cultural contexts throughout the life span. It examines an individual’s life history and observes, for example, how life events such as marriage and divorce, and disease development influence future decisions and outcomes. It entails a multidisciplinary paradigm to include ideas and observations from an array of disciplines, and it directs attention to the powerful connection between individual lives and the historical and socioeconomic context in which these lives unfold. The outline below shows the different aspects of life course that will be covered, from history to application. Participants will have the opportunity to work in small groups facilitated by the Implementation Committee for a more hands-on experience, and will formulate research question(s) and methodology to be addressed using the life course perspective. We will guide students in refining their research question(s) and determining the most appropriate design, models and procedures.
We encourage participants to download free of charge the following book:
A Life Course Perspective on Health Trajectories and Transitions
Editors: Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Stéphane Cullati, Amanda Sacker, David Blane
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Open Access available at: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-20484-0
Registration
To register for the summer research institute, please contact Drs. Mario Brondani at brondani@dentistry.ubc.ca or Dr Arwa Gazzaz at arwa.gazzaz@alumni.ubc.ca. Please make contact by May 15, or sooner.
Maximum number of participants
25 (including the implementation committee)
Schedule
Day 1 | |
9 am – 12 pm |
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1 pm – 4 pm |
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Day 2 | |
9 am – 12 pm |
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1 pm – 4 pm |
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Day 3 | |
9 am – 2 pm |
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Implementation committee and organizers
Mario Brondani, DDS, MSc, MPH, PhD. University of British Columbia brondani@dentistry.ubc.ca
Belinda Nicolau, DDS, MSc, PhD. McGill University belinda.f.nicolau@mcgill.ca
Brenda Poon BSc, PhD. University of British Columbia brenda.poon@ubc.ca
Maryam Amin, DMD, MSc, PhD. University of Alberta maryam.amin@ualberta.ca
Arwa Gazzaz, BDS, MPH. University of British Columbia arwa.gazzaz@alumni.ubc.ca
Sreenath Madathil, BDS, MSc. McGill University sreenath.arekunnathmadathil@mail.mcgill.ca