Sujane Kandasamy
@NonPlainJane
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Assistant Professor @McMasterU. Story reader&teller. Planetary Health.KT Science&Practice. Co-Captain @thestarfishca & https://t.co/MMZNzOPUQA
Joined February 2016
Today I had the pleasure and honor of defending my PhD dissertation. Thankyou to my Coach @DrSoniaAnand1; Committee @MGVanstone @DrRussRD @patelt17; External Examiner @MattKwan_PhD; & Chair @DianaSherifali. I can't belive I'm saying this, but I'm officially Dr. Kandasamy 🙏😍
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Just published online first @CJPH_RCSP Community-academic partnerships catalyze and sustain impact in research activities: A commentary (@NonPlainJane et al.) https://t.co/T8ufEUNEW3
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Join us on April 19th at 12:00pm for Dr. Madhukar Pai's Global Health Seminar Series presentation on "Building Equity in Global Health: The Role for Global North Actors" @paimadhu @machealthsci
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Paper alert! 📢 Pleased to share this body of work in print via the journal of Health Promotion Practice! Check it out here:
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Background Access to and engagement with greenspace is related to improved health benefits. We sought to collaborate with community members as partners in resea...
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If you want to learn more about my dissertation journey, you're in luck 😋 Obviously as a film-maker I would capture my learnings in a mini-documentary style film. Check it out here:
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Thankyou to @CIHR_IRSC Vanier for supporting my doctoral work and to my primary mentor @DrSoniaAnand1 and committee members @DrRussRD, @MGVanstone & Dr. Tejal Patel.
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So lesson learned? Preliminary work is very important but you won't truly know unless you evaluate your products. Knowledge translation tools/programs/etc must be evaluated and iterated to truly lead to benefits :)
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Why? Well, "we aren't always the ones cooking for our households," they said. "We cater home-made food or my mother/in-laws drop off food for us regularly."
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But....upon evaluation I learned that participants LOVED looking at the recipes and photographs. But not a single person actually made any of the recommended dishes!
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The most surprising lesson learned? As I was developing/piloting the graphic toolkit, I heard MANY times that we should include healthy recipes. So, I included a beautiful series of photographs and step-by-step guides for three South Asian-inspired meals.
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Did it work? It was a pilot study with 20 pregnant people. But we demonstrated feasibility, acceptability, and great retention with two practices in Peel! The package of tools show promise too!
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The tool was created to be double-facing: 1) a tri-component package for patients consisting of a "teaser" clinic video, a graphic toolkit, and a reminder magnet; and 2) an info postcard (+adaptable scripts) for family docs
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Pleased to (finally) share my most recent publication where we designed and evaluated a primary care-embedded knowledge translation tool to reduce GDM in pregnant South Asians (prevalence is much > than average) https://t.co/N1kCRWrpsw
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AbstractBackground. South Asian people living in Canada face higher rates of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) compared to national trends. The objective
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Thankyou to @CdnTreesforLife for inviting me to speak today in honour of healthcare workers & the benefit of trees in our neighborhoods and communities. "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
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Join @ccghc and @PEACH_HealthON as we welcome speakers Anna Gunz, Kady Cowan and Nate Charach to discuss how we can help individuals express feelings of climate anxiety to transform them into planetary healing. Register here 👉 https://t.co/z4Bz9lvGKS
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What an thought-provoking and much needed conversation around health equity, racism, histories, public health data, new study designs and community engagement/partnerships! Thankyou for the opportunity to present/learn and congratulations again to Dr. Michelle Williams!
It's not too late to register for the 11th Annual Chanchlani Global Health Research Award & Lecture taking place on Monday, Oct 30. We are also hosting a Symposium on Health Equity in the COVID 19 Pandemic. See QR Codes for more info and to register. @machealthsci
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We hope you will join us to hear more about how grassroots groups increased vaccine confidence in South Asian communities #BrighterWorld #McMaster
https://t.co/uczyx29Ngt See link in article to register for the Health Equity Symposium. @DrSoniaAnand1
@NonPlainJane
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South Asian communities in Canada were hit hard during the early days of the pandemic, but local community groups helped increase vaccination rates in later waves, a McMaster study shows. [...]Read...
How grassroots groups increased vaccine confidence in South Asian communities #BrighterWorld #McMaster
https://t.co/uczyx29Ngt Hear more about their findings at the Health Equity Symposium on Oct 30. See link to register in article. @DrSoniaAnand1
@NonPlainJane
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🌿Join @CdnTreesforLife for the Volunteer Tree Plant on Nov 03. Not one, but TWO planting events are happening on the same day! 🌳🌳 As part of the Trees for Heroes program, let’s honour healthcare workers & make a positive impact!💚🏥 To register, visit the link in our bio!
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Glad to be representing @thestarfishca at the @tdsb Ecoschools Fair at the Ontario Science Centre. Looking forward to meeting educators and sharing our inquiry-based, solutions-focused Planetary health programs!
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A few months in the making... & now finally ready: The Anti-Colonial Research Library hosts 400+ open-access articles and books, websites, YouTube videos on practical examples of Indigenous and anti-colonial research methodologies. Use and share widely!
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