Doctoral Student
About
Kaela is a PhD student in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. Kaela completed her Master’s of Science in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences July 2019.
Research
Kaela’s research interests include community engaged research, tailoring current community programs to Indigenous communities, digitizing training workshops, and assessing fidelity of programs. Kaela’s PhD thesis aims to work with Indigenous communities in British Columbia to tailor the Small Steps for Big Changes community diabetes prevention program to better suit their needs and wants, and to digitize the train-the-trainer workshop for new Small Steps for Big Changes coaches. She aims to work directly with community members and stakeholders o co-develop and test both projects and to report on the process.
Contact
Email: kaela24@mail.ubc.ca
Office: UCH 106 – 1238 Discovery Ave, Kelowna, BC
Twitter: @kaelacranston