Community Engagement Research
While developing our community engagement program, Building AUD Supportive Communities, we have been delighted to partner with a research group headed by Dr. Tom Barker, professor at the University of Alberta.
Dr. Barker has been instrumental from the inception of this project through to continuing to research its spread. We thank him for his continued support and guidance!
Contributors to this work included Lorraine Byerley, professor at Algonquin College, and students Laura Vilchis at the University of Alberta and Stefan Kurbatfinski and Karen Fulton both studying at the University of Calgary.
Take a look at the evaluation of our work in Princeton here.
Read about this work:
”Using communicative analysis to evaluate engagement in a community-based, expert-led public-health intervention," submitted to the Journal of Health Communication
”Learning from the Footprints: Using communicative analysis to evaluate engagement outcomes in a community-based, expert-led public-health intervention", submitted to the Canadian Journal of Public Health
About Dr. Barker: Professor of communication at the University of Alberta. Tom believes that communication can be the source of strength in social life, government, education, and public health. The CAUDS association and the health groups in Princeton are examples of how this works. Working with researchers and community leaders, he hopes to learn more about how people come together to make communities stronger.
