Project Description
1) Qualitative analysis of Canadian 2SLGBTQ+ youth online focus groups, describing the experience of coming out to parents/caregivers. The study population also included children of first-generation immigrants from South and East Asia. The aim is to create a culturally-appropriate resource site that will help improve parental connectedness and communication during the coming out process.
2) A study of challenges and support to healthcare access in immigrant youth.
3) A study of a pregnancy prevention intervention for transmasculine and non-binary youth assigned female at birth.
Research Classification
- Health equity
- Environmental, developmental and social factors of youth health
Research Interests
- Eradicating health disparities in equity-deserving populations
- 2SLGBTQ+ youth health and healthcare access
Research Methodology
- Mixed methods;
- reflexive thematic analysis;
- interpretive description analysis.
Faculty
Faculty of Applied Science