This summer, Drs.
Neil Hanlon and Greg Halseth are
completing the final segment of a 5-year research initiative of the New
Emerging Team for Health in Rural and Northern BC (NETHRN-BC), funded by the
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The purpose of the “Social
Determinants of Rural Health” research is to understand the role of informal
and formal care networks for individuals and households under stress.
Research
assistant andNRES grad student Joe LeBourdais traveled extensively this summer to Fort St. John, Mackenzie, Terrace, and
WilliamsLake to meet with focus groups for
a final-wrap up of the project where focus group participants were asked to comment on the research group's major findings to
date, and to discuss any changes that have occurred over the past 24 months. By
doing this re-cap of earlier field work, the NETHRN-BC team benefited from
insight as to how to best distribute the research findings which highlight the
challenges and successes that are faced by formal and informal care networks in
these rural and remote communities.
