Blog Archives - Active Aging Research Team

An Exciting New Project to Support People Awaiting Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery

Choose to Move: Replacement Ready aims to improve quality of life for participants with osteoarthritis. For people on hip and knee replacement waitlists, the waiting period is often marked by increased pain, reduced mobility, and lower quality of life. To address this challenge, the Active Aging Research Team will implement and evaluate a health-promoting program.

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What’s the buzz? A key role for the central support unit in community-engaged health-promoting programs

Leave a Comment / Blog / By Rebecca Collett

By Joanie Sims-Gould, Thea Franke & Heather McKay To implement comprehensive, evidence-based programs at scale truly ‘takes a village.’ So often, evidence-based interventions are not effectively implemented or sustained, as community organizations receive very little support or ongoing training during the implementation process. The central support team is highlighted in the centre of this model

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Illustration of Victoria Mah thinking about what it means to conduct research. Research is represented by a black box with question marks coming out of it

Conducting Research in Long Term Care During the Pandemic – My Experience as a Research Assistant

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By Victoria Mah Lab coats, cubicles, flasks. The image of a scientist pouring contents from one flask to the other was my perception of all research. Working as a Research Assistant with the Active Aging Research Team at the University of British Columbia quickly dismantled this perception. As an undergraduate student, I was curious

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