Browsing by Subject "Youth"
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Are we just playing games? Examining the motor skill and physical activity benefits of two after-school programs.
(2013-08-14)This project measured the effectiveness of after school physical activity programs which emphasized moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and motor skill improvement. Children (n=41) from sport-based program and ... -
Atlantic Canadian High School Students and Alcohol-Related Harms: Are There Differences Across Sex, Sexual Orientation and Psychosocial Indicators?
(2016-08-31)Alcohol is responsible for the greatest burden of acute harms in youth aged 15-24, with one fifth reporting at least one form of harm (physical, social, legal) in the past 12 months. This study sought to determine which ... -
Child Labour and Training Wages: Are British Columbia’s New Employment Standards Fair to Youth?
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Depressive Symptoms and Sexual Health in University Students: The Role of Subscales in a Depression Screening Tool
(2016-05-04)Depressive symptoms have been shown to be associated with sexual risk-taking among young adults; however, whether this association is underpinned by specific types of depressive symptoms has not been examined. Using ... -
Engaging Indigenous Youth in Community-Based Participatory Action Research: A Scoping Review
(2019-07-25)Community-based participatory action research (CBPAR) frameworks are becoming a leading strategy for conducting research with Indigenous communities and youth. Core features of CBPAR include respectful relationships with ... -
Examining the experiences of politically active youth in Mi'kma'ki with climate grief
(2022-08-08)Communities globally experience critical mental and physical health impacts due to the climate crisis. While these impacts may lead to clinical mental illness for some, the overall effects of grief or anxiety relating to ... -
An Exploration of Transgender and Genderqueer Youths’ Perceptions And Experiences of Sexual Health Education in Kings County, Nova Scotia
(2021-07-28)Abstract Background: Although sexual health education [SHE] is required in school curricula across Nova Scotia [NS], much of the content does not specifically address the unique information needs and lived experiences of ... -
THE HEALTHY IMMIGRANT EFFECT ON ALCOHOL USE IN YOUTH
(2024-08-26)This dissertation examined the Healthy Immigrant Effect (HIE) in relation to youth alcohol use. The HIE is a phenomenon in developed countries with recent immigrants reporting better health upon arrival compared to the ... -
The Lived Experience of Youth Mental Health Care on Cape Breton Island
(2021-08-13)In Nova Scotia, youth often face challenges when seeking care for mental health problems due to a lack of specialty mental health services. Youth in rural and underserves areas of the province face greater challenges than ... -
Picturing Halifax: Young Immigrant Women and the Social Construction of Urban Space
(2017-04)This study explores the social construction of space in the lives of young immigrant women. Drawing upon data from photo-elicitation interviews, I analyze how young women who recently immigrated to Canada interpret and ... -
Planting Seeds for Healthy Youth: Exploring Parents' Perceptions of a Community-Based Program in Halifax, Nova Scotia
(2017-04-07)There is relatively little research focusing on how social programs influence multiple dimensions of youth’s health. This study explored one community-based program aimed at inner-city youth in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The ... -
RECOVERY CONCEPTUALIZATIONS IN YOUTH WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS UNDERGOING COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION FOLLOWING HOSPITALIZATION
(2018-08-30)Introduction: Recovery conceptualizations, or how one approaches recovery, have important implications for treatment and recovery trajectories after a person develops a mental health concern. If psychiatric hospitalization ... -
The Struggle to Shine: The Inward Light and Quaker Children and Youth, 1652-1762
(2016-04-06)The Religious Society of Friends, also called the Quakers, were a group of antinomian Christians whose origins lay in the chaotic period of the English Revolution. They were characterized by a radical belief in the spiritual ... -
Trailblazing: Empowering Rural Youth Through Mobile Architecture
(2013-08-09)This thesis proposes a network of small-scale architectural interventions to address a growing issue of youth substance abuse in rural Nova Scotia, Canada. Thorburn, a hub of a larger region of dispersed communities, acts ... -
"We just stick together": Centering the friendships of disabled youth
(2009-12-15)Friendship matters. Practical support, caring, moral guidance, enjoyment, improved health and greater life expectancy are but a few of its benefits. Despite living in a stigmatizing social environment where isolation is ... -
Youth Perceptions of the Benefits Received From Participating in a Structured Leisure Activity
(2012-08-24)This study examined youth participants in a structured leisure activity and their perceptions regarding the benefits accrued as a result of participation. 4 male and 12 female youth between the ages of 13-16 participated. ...