PEP Talks

Immigrant Youth Mental Health with Farwa Naqvi (EP 26)

AbSPORU Patient Engagement Team with host Sandra Zelinsky and guest speaker Farwa Naqvi. Season 1 Episode 26

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In episode 26 of PEP Talks, Master's student at the University of Calgary Farwa Naqvi shares her methods for and insights from her mixed-methods thesis study on mental health challenges faced by immigrant and refugee youth in Alberta. We delve into the lived experiences of these youth, their priorities, and how their voices and insights can drive positive change to shape improvements in health care. Youth from Calgary, Edmonton, Cold Lake, Brooks, Red Deer, Lethbridge, and more were recruited to participate in focus groups for this study. Naqvi expands on her findings of what is important for youth in terms of their mental health, and how that compares to what adult academics, community organizers, and facilitators think is important for youth mental health.

Bio
Farwa Naqvi
is a University of Calgary graduate holding a Medicine bachelor specializing in Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies. Currently, she is in a MSc/PhD stream studying Immigrant and Refugee Youth Mental Health in Alberta. Farwa has done research on HIV/AIDS in correlation to people with disabilities. Some of Farwa's other research projects are in Sleep medicine (Quality improvement), Palliative care and Oncology, and patient engagement. Farwa's personal interest is in HIV/AIDS and she continues to pursue that field of study.

University of Calgary 3-minute thesis presentation on YouTube
2022 UCaglary 3MT Finals- Farwa Naqvi