Evidence-informed practice to advance health equity

Three credits · Graduate

This course will allow students to critically appraise and to understand principles behind the application of different kinds of evidence, including research (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods), community based, lived/grounded expertise, and Indigenous research methods, to health equity programs and strategies. This course will introduce the principles of Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession (OCAP®) that guide First Nations data governance and students will be required to complete the Fundamentals of OCAP® online course concurrently. The course will review the use of particular research tools to synthesize and communicate health information, so that the collection and analysis of data and other evidence types can be applied to the advancement of health equity. Prerequisite: HEEQ 501. Three credits.