Qualitative - Wellstream

From Small Ripples to a Sea Change: Elucidating Long-Term and Multi-Level Youth Mental Health Intervention Impacts Using Ripple Effects Mapping

The present study applied an adapted REM approach to capture systems and community change associated with the Agenda Gap program. Using transcript and mind map data generated through an REM process with former Agenda Gap youth collaborators and adult allies, reflexive thematic analysis supported the construction of three thematic program outcomes: (1) Reimagining Future Possibilities, (2) Systems Integration: Transforming School Practices, and (3) Progressing From Ripple Effects to Sea Change.

By Ava Chaplin|2025-12-12T23:47:39+00:00December 12, 2025|Agenda Gap, Mental health promotion, Methods|0 Comments

Helping men build better intimate partner relationships: Canadian provider perspectives.

The aim of this study was to describe the strategies used by Canadian healthcare providers to assist men in strengthening their intimate partner relationships.

By Ava Chaplin|2025-12-12T23:49:43+00:00October 24, 2025|Mental health|0 Comments

Contributors to positive mental health among youth: a qualitative study in British Columbia, Canada

This study sought to explore youth’s perspectives and beliefs about mental health from a strengths-based perspective, including identifying factors which enable them to feel supported.

By Ava Chaplin|2025-12-12T23:50:31+00:00October 24, 2025|Agenda Gap, Mental health promotion|0 Comments

Weeding out the information: An ethnographic approach to exploring how young people make sense of the evidence on cannabis

This ethnographic study describes a knowledge translation project that focused on engaging young people in a review of evidence on cannabis that concluded with the creation of public health messages generated by youth participants.

By admin|2025-12-15T17:35:22+00:00July 30, 2025|Cannabis, TRACE|0 Comments

Developing Harm Reduction in the context of youth substance use: Insights from a multi-site qualitative analysis of young people’s harm minimization strategies

By presenting a multi-site qualitative analysis of youth reflections on the social and community contexts for their experiences of substance use and on their own harm minimization strategies, this study brings youth perspectives to the harm reduction literature and speaks to the importance of contextually relevant harm reduction programming.

By admin|2025-12-15T17:37:47+00:00July 30, 2025|Substance use|0 Comments

Parents are the best prevention’? Troubling assumptions in cannabis policy discourses in the context of legalization in Canada

Canada has announced that it will legalize cannabis on October 17, 2018, and as a result of this impending drug law reform, the need to develop prevention resources and drug education has emerged as a public concern and a policy priority. In this study we asked parents about the supports and resources they needed to inform their discussions about cannabis with their adolescent children, as well the challenges they faced [...]

By admin|2025-12-15T17:47:22+00:00July 30, 2025|Cannabis, Policy|0 Comments

Disrupting assumptions of risky play in the context of structural marginalization: A community engagement project in a Canadian inner-city neighbourhood

Play is a complex, taken-for-granted activity that is often assumed to be universal in how it is conceptualized and experienced. In a global context, play has been identified as a human right for all children (UNICEF, 2006). This paper provides needed insights into the complexities of risk and outdoor play within the context of structural marginalization.

By admin|2025-12-15T17:34:27+00:00July 30, 2025|Policy|0 Comments

“You can’t chain a dog to a porch”: A multisite qualitative analysis of youth narratives of parental approaches to substance use

Reducing harms of youth substance use is a global priority, with parents identified as a key target for efforts to mitigate these harms. Much of the research informing parental responses to youth substance use are grounded in abstinence and critiqued as ineffective and unresponsive to youth contexts. AI-based Summary: In simple terms: the study found that strict “zero tolerance” rules about drugs or alcohol—where parents forbid any use—don’t really work [...]

By admin|2025-08-13T20:51:18+00:00July 30, 2025|Substance use|0 Comments

“Am I gonna get in trouble for acknowledging my will to be safe?”: Identifying the experiences of young sexual minority men and substance use in the context of an opioid overdose crisis

The objective of this study was to identify how patterns and contexts of substance use among young sexual minority men are occurring within the context of Metro Vancouver’s opioid overdose crisis.

By admin|2025-12-15T17:54:49+00:00July 30, 2025|Substance use|0 Comments

Bereaved mothers’ engagement in drug policy reform: A multisite qualitative analysis

Globally, a tainted drug supply is claiming the lives of tens of thousands of people who use drugs and current measures are not quelling this crisis. Within this context, mothers who have lost a child to substance use have emerged as vocal advocates for drug policy changes. This paper explores mothers’ experiences in drug policy advocacy to uncover how they are using their stories to drive policy change.

By admin|2025-12-15T17:52:56+00:00July 30, 2025|Policy, Substance use|0 Comments