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Funded Research Projects
Dialogue McGill funds research projects that investigate the relation between language and access to health and social services for Official Language Minority Communities. After a diligent review, the following research projects were selected for funding.
Disseminate, promote, mobilize: Planning of knowledge transfer activities for English speakers in long-term care facilities.
As part of an action research process initiated with our partner, the CHSLD St Brigid's Home (SBH), a workshop was organized on November 30 and December 1, 2021, and about forty participants from the residential center (i.e., users and their representatives, caregivers, employees, managers) actively participated. This workshop, brought together all stakeholders to reflect on innovative models of long-term care that could promote the sustainable health of workers, residents and their families. This initiative was a great success and laid a solid foundation for the continuation of the research activities planned with our partner. Following this workshop, a written summary (in French) will be made available, as well as the content of the four conferences held during the first half-day (also in French).
As this activity was held in French, through this funding application, we aim to reach the English-speaking population through knowledge transfer and appropriation initiatives. Given the mission and values of Jeffery Hale Saint Brigid's Hospital, we believe it is essential to reach out to English-speaking participants at SBH, as well as to the English-speaking community served in Quebec City and more broadly in Quebec. This will ensure that the language preferences of the end-users are respected, but more importantly, that they are truly involved in the entire process.
More specifically, the funds from this program will be used to translate the workshop summary from French to English, to prepare written summaries of the four conferences presented the first day, and to accommodate a complementary "world café" type of activity in which English-speaking people will be able to participate more actively, thanks to live interpretation services. This will allow, in the end, to enrich the synthesis already written and produce a new version of it. The results thus disseminated in both official languages will facilitate a greater appropriation of knowledge by all stakeholders in this field, regardless of the language in which they express themselves.
Outputs:
Feillou, I., Jauvin, N. (January, 2023). Sustainable Health Development in CHSLDs, an action-research initiative in partnership with CHSLD St Brigid's Home and Jefferey Hale Partners [Invited presentation]. CHSSN, Québec, Canada.
Feillou, I. (December, 2023). CHSLD: milieu de travail, milieu de vie, milieu de soins. Comment favoriser la santé durable des travailleurs, des résidents et de leurs proches? [Webinaire]. ASSTSAS.
For more information on this project and to view some of its outcomes, please visit: https://centreexpertiseacess.com/en/sustainable-health-project/