Dr Kristen Lucibello, PhD presented her research on restricting or altering eating with the intention to change their weight among adolescents in the COMPASS Study at the Society for Research on Adolescence conference #SRACHICAGO2024

Check it out! CBC covered COMPASS results on student health & wellbeing in PEI: cbc.ca/news/canada/pr…

PhD Candidate Megan Magier presented our work at Cdn Public Health Assoc. in Halifax on inequities in #sleep duration & quality among adolescents in Canada in the COMPASS study #PH24SP

.UWaterloo School of Public Health Sciences PhD Candidate ThepikaaV presented her COMPASS study research with Health Canada and PHAC on substance use in gender diverse youth at the Cdn Public Health Assoc. conference #PH24SP 👏

Congratulations to UWaterloo School of Public Health Sciences PhD Candidate McKenna Szczepanowski for winning the Dr. John Hastings Student Award at the Cdn Public Health Assoc. conference for her research on sport participation by gender identity among Canadian youth in the COMPASS study! 👏👏👏#PH24SP

Proud, honoured and elated!! Thank you Cdn Public Health Assoc. for the recognition of my work looking at sport participation by gender identity among youth using COMPASS data at the #PH24SP conference this year in Halifax!

New COMPASS paper by SSHRC & BrockU Applied Health Sciences Postdoc Dr Kristen Lucibello, PhD with Angela Alberga et al Results support the importance of reducing & preventing internalized weight bias, with the aim to improve mental health among youth with higher weights onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ij…

.COMPASS is proud to contribute to the participaction Report Card on Physical Activity in Youth. Check it out!

A new COMPASS paper was part of Priya Patel's MSc thesis, supervised by Roman Pabayo, with co-authors Kate Storey Karen A. Patte Scott Leatherdale: ⬆️income inequality was associated with ⬇️ #sleep in adolescents via⬆️anxiety & depression symptoms sleephealthjournal.org/article/S2352-…

New COMPASS article by SSHRC & BrockU Applied Health Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow Kristen Lucibello, PhD et al: ~30% of youth reported changing their eating to manage their weight/shape; which was associated with⬆️physical activity but⬇️mental health sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Congratulations to COMPASS collaborator Dr. Emily Belita! 👏👏👏 Dr. Belita is helping to improve our knowledge mobilization processes & co-leads our youth engagement programs.

*NEW* Public Health ON Report: Health Behaviours among Ontario High School Students during the #COVID19 Pandemic COMPASS data on youths': Knowledge of COVID19 Adoption & perceptions of preventative measures Concerns & consequences of COVID19 & more publichealthontario.ca/-/media/Docume…

*NEW* COMPASS paper by Kate Battista et al: E-cigarettes may be attracting new demographics of youth; Unique risk profiles were found for youth exclusively using e-cigarettes vs. youth using both e-cigarettes & traditional cigarettes #tobacco #vaping doi.org/10.1186/s12889…

School #physicalactivity programs & facilities were greatly restricted during the ongoing COVID19 pandemic. However, there was also evidence of resilience & resourcefulness in many schools that reported new & adapted programs & facilities. mdpi.com/2832606

New paper available here: bit.ly/phumentalhealt… Findings: Public Health Unit engagement in school mental health programs was associated with reduced anxiety symptoms among students in COVID-19 Brendan Smith Karen A. Patte Scott Leatherdale Roman Pabayo COMPASS

New @COMPASS paper by Claire Benny Roman Pabayo Brendan Smith Karen A. Patte & Scott Leatherdale: Findings support the value of public health engagement in school programs for supporting student mental health academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/art…