Elaine Power, Queen’s University
Associate Professor
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies
Kingston, Ontario
power@queensu.ca
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(613) 533-6000 ext. 74690
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Elaine Power's research is focused on issues related to poverty, food, and health. Drawing on literature from the sociology of food, the sociology of health, the sociology of consumption, the sociology of childhood, and cultural studies, and using qualitative research methods, Elaine explores the...
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Bio/Research
Elaine Power's research is focused on issues related to poverty, food, and health. Drawing on literature from the sociology of food, the sociology of health, the sociology of consumption, the sociology of childhood, and cultural studies, and using qualitative research methods, Elaine explores the social, cultural, political and symbolic aspects of food, eating, the body, and health. She is interested in expanding the qualitative research surrounding methods in the sociology of food, particularly the use of visual methods, such as photography and video, and in using documentary film as a vehicle for "knowledge translation" to change public policy.
In addition, she is a coinvestigator with the CAMBIO Project (Canada and Mexico Battling Childhood Obesity), a capacity-building program funded by a Teasdale-Corti Grant from the International Development Research Council on behalf of the Global Health Research Initiative. CAMBIO aims to enhance research capacity in the field of childhood obesity in Mexico through the delivery of an annual obesity short course; by providing training opportunities for Mexican-based graduate students and researchers; by administering a collaborative research program in obesity research and through the development of a Mexican obesity research network.
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In addition, she is a coinvestigator with the CAMBIO Project (Canada and Mexico Battling Childhood Obesity), a capacity-building program funded by a Teasdale-Corti Grant from the International Development Research Council on behalf of the Global Health Research Initiative. CAMBIO aims to enhance research capacity in the field of childhood obesity in Mexico through the delivery of an annual obesity short course; by providing training opportunities for Mexican-based graduate students and researchers; by administering a collaborative research program in obesity research and through the development of a Mexican obesity research network.
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