Improving child and youth well-being in the COVID-19 recovery phase in British Columbia

The project is a mixed-methods study with the primary aim of recommending evidence-based interventions to support child and youth mental health and well-being in BC during the COVID-19 pandemic/recovery phase. Existing data collected through three BC-based surveys will be used: Personal Impacts of COVID-19 Survey (PICS), Youth Development Instrument (YDI), and BC COVID-19 Survey on Population Experience, Action and Knowledge (BC SPEAK). This data will be supplemented by data collected through reviews of academic and grey literature as well as deliberative dialogue sessions with researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers in BC to collect qualitative input. Findings will be disseminated through an open-access report providing at least three evidence-based interventions to support children and youth as well as two research manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals. As a leading pediatric research institute, this project will contribute to BCCHRI’s aim of improving health care and health outcomes for children and youth.

Faculty Supervisor:

Hasina Samji

Student:

Partner:

BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

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