{"id":2449,"date":"2025-04-01T14:21:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/?post_type=news_item&#038;p=2449"},"modified":"2025-04-09T16:38:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T16:38:50","slug":"shifting-power-in-youth-mental-health-research-key-lessons-from-global-researchers-at-the-iaymh-conference","status":"publish","type":"news_item","link":"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/fr\/news\/shifting-power-in-youth-mental-health-research-key-lessons-from-global-researchers-at-the-iaymh-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Changement de pouvoir dans la recherche sur la sant\u00e9 mentale des jeunes : Le\u00e7ons cl\u00e9s tir\u00e9es par des chercheurs internationaux lors de la conf\u00e9rence de l'IAYMH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mental health ecosystems, which encompass both formal systems (like policies) and informal relationships (such as community interactions), play a crucial role in supporting population wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the <a href=\"https:\/\/iaymh2025.org\/\">7th International Association for Youth Mental Health Conference<\/a> last month in Vancouver, Canada, researchers from Being\u2019s landscape analysis and <a href=\"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/fr\/country-consultations\/\">consultations nationales<\/a> in Colombia, Ecuador, and Indonesia joined <strong>Sireesha Bobbili<\/strong> et <strong>Erica Zissis<\/strong> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandchallenges.ca\/fr-ca\/\">Grands D\u00e9fis Canada<\/a> at the &#8220;<em>Shifting Power for Ecosystem Transformation<\/em>&#8221; symposium. They shared key lessons on shifting power and how to meaningfully include youth in mental health research, based on their experiences during local landscape analyses.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5949-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5949-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5949-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5949-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5949-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5949-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_5949-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Picture from left to right, Sireesha Bobbili and Erica Zissis (Grand Challenges Canada), Prayoga Aditama and Amirah Wahdi (Universitas Gadjah Mada), Laura Ospina-Pinillos (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana), Jimmy Martin (Junta de Beneficiencia de Guayaquil), D\u00e9bora L. Shambo-Rodr\u00edguez (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana), Alejandra Espinoza (Junta de Beneficiencia de Guayaquil)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-lessons-on-shifting-power-and-meaningful-youth-engagement-from-global-researchers\">Key Lessons on Shifting Power and Meaningful Youth Engagement from Global Researchers:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Creative recruitment strategies<\/strong>: Recruiting diverse youth is vital. <strong>D\u00e9bora L. Shambo-Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.javeriana.edu.co\/inicio\">Pontificia Universidad Javeriana<\/a> in Colombia highlighted how they recruited youth beyond those already involved in mental health spaces and trained them in psychological first aid to empower them for research participation. <strong>Alejandra Espinoza<\/strong> from <a href=\"https:\/\/juntadebeneficencia.org.ec\/\">Junta de Beneficiencia de Guayaquil<\/a> in Ecuador discussed the power of recruitment through social media and partnering with local youth organizations to reach a wider youth audience and build credibility among youth. Additionally, <strong>Jimmy Martin<\/strong> from <a href=\"https:\/\/juntadebeneficencia.org.ec\/\">Junta de Beneficienca de Guayaquil<\/a>, Ecuador, and Amirah Wahdi from <a href=\"https:\/\/ugm.ac.id\/\">Universit\u00e9 Gadjah Mada<\/a> in Indonesia emphasized the importance of involving parents to ensure consent before engaging with minors and understanding of the interventions to help reduce stigma among parents to allow for greater youth participation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>&nbsp;Creating safe spaces for youth voices<\/strong>: Youth must feel heard and respected throughout the research process. <strong>Laura Ospina-Pinillos<\/strong> et <strong>D\u00e9bora L. Shambo-Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.javeriana.edu.co\/inicio\">Pontificia Universidad Javeriana<\/a> in Colombia stressed that to truly empower youth voices in research, researchers must take a curiosity-driven standpoint and genuinely believe in the power of youth contributions. It&#8217;s necessary to express this verbally and explicitly in recruitment and how researchers design their methodology. As <strong>Jimmy Martin<\/strong> suggested, setting clear expectations and rules fosters a safe space where youth can engage openly. Thoughtful inclusion of strategies like icebreakers and interactive activities can also help build trust and rapport.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Considering cultural sensitivities<\/strong>: Understanding cultural contexts and regional challenges is crucial. <strong>Prayoga Aditama<\/strong> et <strong>Amirah Wahdi<\/strong> from <a href=\"https:\/\/ugm.ac.id\/\">Universit\u00e9 Gadjah Mada<\/a>, Indonesia, emphasized that cultural sensitivities and safeguarding measures must be considered. They shared an example from Indonesia, where it\u2019s difficult for youth to be open in front of people in positions of power. To address this, they developed a safe space by dividing participants by age, so youth would feel comfortable sharing among their peers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Positive impact of youth engagement on youth and on researchers:<\/strong> It was inspiring to hear from panellists. <strong>Prayoga<\/strong> spoke about his experience as a youth, being afraid to speak up, and how his engagement in these projects changed that perspective. <strong>Jimmy<\/strong> shared a story about his student who participated in the project and is now pursuing his master&#8217;s in research, all because of the positive impact the project had on him. <strong>Alejandra<\/strong> highlighted the positive impact of giving youth the space to engage, both professionally as researchers and in terms of the precedent they\u2019re setting in Ecuador.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mental health ecosystems, which encompass both formal systems (like policies) and informal relationships (such as community interactions), play a crucial role in supporting population wellbeing. 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