Treena Delormier

Linking context to family feeding practices among families with preschool children in the Kanien'kehaka (Mohawk) community of Kahnawa:ke, Quebec. This study is examing social practices of family feeding with families of preschool aged children in the Kanien'kehaka (Mohawk) community of Kahnawake. In particular practices related to acquiring food for the family, family food preparation and preschoolers' eating habits are being studied. The Collective Lifestyles framework (Frohlich, Corin & Potvin, 2001; Frohlich, Potvin, Chabot & Corin, 2002) which uses the concepts of social structure, social practice and agency to theorise how health behaviors in context are a collective experience, is guiding the research. Analysis will focus on how how features of context shape family feeding practices, as well as how feeding practices reinforce or transform the family feeding context. This work is taking place within the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project and will inform furture interventions that promote healthy eating.

Question(s) de recherche du Centre abordée(s) par le projet

Comment diminuer les inégalités sociales associées aux états de santé?

Publications choisies

Cargo M, Salsberg J, Delormier T, Desrosiers S, Macaulay. (2006) Understanding the social context of school health promotion program implementation. Health Education 106(2):85-97. Lévesque L, Guilbault G, Delormier T, Potvin L. (2005) Unpacking the Black Box: A Deconstruction of the Programming Approach and Physical Activity Interventions Implemented in the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project. Health Promotion Practice 6(1):64-71. Bisset S, Cargo M, Delormier T, Macaulay A. (2004) Legitimising diabetes as a community health issue: A case study of an aboriginal community in Canada. Health Promotion International 19(30):317-326. Delormier T, Cargo M, Kirby R, and McComber A. (2003) Activity Implementation as a Reflection of Living in Balance: The Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project. Pimatziwim: Journal of Health in Aboriginal and Indigenous Communities 1(1): 45-163. Cargo M, Levesque L, Macaulay AC, McComber A, Desrosiers S, Delormier T, Potvin L. Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project (KSDPP) Community Advisory Board. (2003) Community governance of the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project, Kahnawake Territory, Mohawk Nation, Canada. Health Promotion International 18:177-187. Potvin, L., Cargo, M., McComber, AM., Delormier T., and Macaulay AC. (2003) Implementing Participatory Intervention and Research in Communities: Lessons from the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project. Social Science and Medicine 56 (6): 1295-1305.