Overview of Session:
Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2016
The DUDES club is a ” Brotherhood for Men’s Health” which began in 2010 at Vancouver Native Health Society. This innovative approach to men’s health and wellness is community-driven, engaging Indigenous and non-Indigenous men living in the Downtown Eastside, filling a major gap in community health services.
Throughout the UBC Learning Circle session the Dude’s club, with help from Musqueam elder, Henry Charles, will emphasize the importance of traditional perspectives on health, such as the “Medicine Wheel” approach, along side of language and culture.
With garnered interest from the Movember Foundation, a research grant has allowed the research team to conduct an evaluation of the Vancouver program and to pilot this approach in Prince George, Smithers and on reserve in Moricetown. The DUDES club wishes to share their successful model with other communities.
Session Video
TALKING POINTS:
What is the history of the DUDES club?
What does the Movember – funded project look like?
How could this model help in other settings where men’s health services are needed?
About the presenters:
Mr. Henry Charles – “DUDES Club” provides events and activities that focus on the spiritual, physical, mental, emotional, along with social aspects of wellness, while simultaneously putting them putting them in touch with health care professionals and other support services, instilling a sense of solidarity and empowerment within the community.
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Sandy Lambert – The External Liaison of the DUDES Club, Sandy is a member of the TALLCREE First Nation from Northern Alberta but calls Vancouver home. He has many years of volunteering with non-profit organizations and NGOs, attending, planning, organizing HIV/AIDS conferences, and participating in research committees and projects provincially and nationally. These opportunities have attributed to healthy partnerships and supportive allies for the growth of DUDES clubs off and on reserve, rural and remote. sandy believes this is a good way to engage men and to educate in a safe environment on men’s health issues.
Dr. Paul Gross – Principal Investigator – is a family physician with a focus on men’s health and HIV. He has a full-time practice is at Spectrum Health, a well-respected multi-disciplinary primary care clinic in downtown Vancouver. For the past 5 years, he has also been working at Vancouver Native Health Society (VNHS) on East Hastings, which provides a full range of health care services to mainly First Nations, Inuit, Metis peoples, and people living in the Downtown Eastside.
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Lyana Patrick – Lyana is the research manager for project #2 of the Masculinities and Men’s Depression and Suicide Network, entitled Evaluating and Extending the Aboriginal Men’s DUDES Club Program. She is also a PhD candidate in the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC. The focus of her dissertation is on urban Indigenous community planning and how that looks at the intersection of law, health, and social service delivery. She is doing collaborative community-based research with the Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of British Columbia.
Through her research she is weaving together governance, history, health, and storytelling in support of self-determination for Indigenous communities. Lyana has been involved in several Indigenous health initiatives including promotion of cultural safety training for healthcare professionals and creating culturally appropriate research materials for Indigenous communities engaging in health research.
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.Iloradanon Efimoff – Iloradanon is the Research Assistant for the DUDES Club Project. She helps with all aspects of the project, from data analysis to maintaining effective relationships with elders and club members. She is a member of the Haida Gwaii Nation with a keen interest in social determinants of indigenous health, feminism, and wellness.
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Reading Material
To be read before session. Check out website and download summary for funders here:
- Our research is also featured on the Men’s Depression and Suicide Network (the Movember funded research network we are a part of) website: http://menshealthresearch.ubc.ca/
- Summary for Funders – One page
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