A Healthy Way Forward with Dr Andrew Clark
This firm is owned and operated by Dr. Andrew Clark (PhD), a researcher with over 15 years of experience in an academic environment. With training from Wilfrid Laurier University (BA, MA), Sir Sandford Fleming College (GIS-Application Specialist), McMaster University (PhD), and Western University (PDF), Andrew has extensive experience working with Southwestern Ontario non-profit organizations, municipalities, health units, and researchers to provide evidence that has helped shape the programs, policies, and practices that improve the health and well-being of our community.
Andrew has spent the last 10 years working at Western University’s Human Environments Analysis Laboratory (HEALab) with some of the best researchers in the country, including Director Dr. Jason Gilliland. Through his time at the HEALab, he has worked closely with community partners, such as municipalities, health units, and non-profits, to use his skills and experience as a researcher to improve our community.
The experience Andrew has gained over the last 10 years while working years at Western University’s Human Environments Analysis Laboratory has been extensive and diverse under the supervision and mentorship of Dr. Jason Gilliland, focusing on topics such as policy, population health interventions, grant writing, and more! Here are highlights of some community-based projects he has collaborated on while at the HEALab (Format: Name | Description | Community Partner | Important Links | Keywords):
- Understanding Health Inequities and Access to Primary Care in the South West LHIN | The development of recommendations that support equitable access to primary care for individuals most impacted by the social determinants of health through literature review, mapping, and spatial analysis | Report | Policy; Southwestern Ontario; Healthcare; Spatial Analysis
- Linking Health & The Built Environment in Rural Settings | Developing evidence and recommendations for planning healthy communities in Middlesex County through policy scan and interviews with policy makers across the County | Middlesex London Health Unit | Report | Policy; Rural; Public Health; Built Environment
- Investigation of Supportive Policy for Active School Travel | Evidence-based recommendations for policies to promote active transportation for school journeys developed through a literature review, surveys, and interviews | Ontario Active School Travel | Report | Policy; Active Transportation; Children; Build Environment; School; Planning
- The Grade 5 ACT-i-Pass Program | Developing, implementing, & evaluating a community-based population health intervention to provide grade 5 students with access to free recreation facilities | London’s Child & Youth Network | Program Website | Registration Research | Usage Research | PA Level Research | Child Engagement Research | Intervention; Population Health; Health Promotion; Physical Activity; Children
- School Travel Planning | Developing, implementing, and evaluating the school travel planning program whose goal is to use the 6 E’s of road safety to increase the number of children who use active and sustainable modes to travel to and from school each day | St. Thomas, Elgin, London Middlesex, Oxford Active & Safe Routes to School Steering Committee & Ontario Active School Travel | Organization Website | Program Website | AST Webinar | Research Study 1; Research Study 2; Research Study 3; Research Study 4 | Intervention; Population Health; Health Promotion; Physical Activity; Children Active Transportation
- Healthy Kids Community Challenge | Worked with the City of London and other partners to write an application to receive $1 million to promote healthy eating, physical activity, and healthy behaviours for children in the city; we also worked with the City to support evaluation and assessment for activities in both the City of London & Middlesex County | City of London Community Needs Assessment | Water Does Wonders Evaluation | Children; Physical Activity; Healthy Eating; Health Promotion.
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