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Linda Liebenberg

ResearcherPsychiatryDalhousie University

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Linda Liebenberg

Researcher

Psychiatry

Health Sciences

Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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8 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (3 SSHRC, 2 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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Research

African Nova Scotians Black Canadians Equity Mental Health Contextual Supports Participatory Action Research Relational Supports Social Determinants Of Mental Health

Latest papers

Translating innovation into impact: a national policy dialogue on scaling and integrating evidence-based supportive text messaging into Canada's mental health care systems.
Frontiers in digital health · 2026
Erratum: Psychometric validation and optimal cut-point determination of the Hausa WHO-5 well-being index for depression screening among internally displaced persons - CORRIGENDUM.
Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026
PROTOCOL: Life Skills Education and Psychosocial Interventions for Anxiety and Depression in Forcibly Displaced Persons in LMICs: A Systematic Review.
Campbell systematic reviews · 2026

All 19 publications

Latest funding

Exploring Multifactorial Barriers and Resources for Accessing Equitable Mental Health Care Among African Nova Scotians (EMBRACE-ANS
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$283,051
Laying the foundation for an IYS Learning Health System: Building a youth and equity focused federated IYS data platform
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$9,471,694
GROUND - IYS NS: Guiding Real Outcomes through United and Novel Approaches to Data
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$399,564

All 17 grants and awards

19 publications.

Translating innovation into impact: a national policy dialogue on scaling and integrating evidence-based supportive text messaging into Canada's mental health care systems.

Agyapong B, Liebenberg L, Eboreime E, Greenshaw AJ, Agyapong VIO

Frontiers in digital health2026

DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2026.1830295 PMID: 42577240

Erratum: Psychometric validation and optimal cut-point determination of the Hausa WHO-5 well-being index for depression screening among internally displaced persons - CORRIGENDUM.

Duke AEE, Crider R, Harri BI, Anjorin O, Sodunke T, Dahiru AM, Ojo TM, Agyapong VIO, Paramlall M, Liebenberg L, McGrath P, Orji R, Eboreime E

Global mental health (Cambridge, England)2026

DOI: 10.1017/gmh.2026.10238 PMID: 42466264

PROTOCOL: Life Skills Education and Psychosocial Interventions for Anxiety and Depression in Forcibly Displaced Persons in LMICs: A Systematic Review.

Duke AEE, Harri BI, Crider R, Liebenberg L, Orji R, Eboreime E

Campbell systematic reviews2026

DOI: 10.1177/18911803261442234 PMID: 42282092

Psychometric validation and optimal cut-point determination of the Hausa WHO-5 well-being index for depression screening among internally displaced persons.

Duke AEE, Crider R, Harri BI, Anjorin O, Sodunke T, Dahiru AM, Ojo TM, Agyapong VIO, Paramlall M, Liebenberg L, McGrath P, Orji R, Eboreime E

Global mental health (Cambridge, England)2026

DOI: 10.1017/gmh.2026.10205 PMID: 42110396

A participatory action research qualitative thematic analysis of young men's perspectives on well-being and flourishing.

Liebenberg L, Simmonds T, Eboreime E, Johannesson TL, Youth Researchers from Spaces and Places for Youth Well-being

Discover public health2026First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12982-026-01739-y PMID: 42007028

Validation of a reduced version of the child and youth resilience measure (CYRM-28) for public health use in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Liebenberg L, Sanders J, Mercier J

Discover mental health2025First author

DOI: 10.1007/s44192-025-00325-z PMID: 41460473

In-person vs mobile app facilitated life skills education to improve the mental health of internally displaced persons in Nigeria: protocol for the RESETTLE-IDPs cluster randomized hybrid type 2 effectiveness-implementation trial.

Eboreime E, Obi-Jeff C, Orji R, Ojo TM, Iyamu I, Harri BI, Said JM, Oguntimehin F, Ibrahim A, Anjorin O, Duke AEE, Musami UB, Liebenberg L, Crider R, Wagami L, Dahiru AM, Uneke JC, Yaya S, Agyapong VI

BMC health services research2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11762-x PMID: 39438885

Two-eyed Seeing for youth wellness: Promoting positive outcomes with interwoven resilience resources.

Youth Researchers of Spaces & Places, Eskasoni, Liebenberg L, Reich J, Denny JF, Gould MR, Hutt-MacLeod D

Transcultural psychiatry2023

DOI: 10.1177/13634615221111025 PMID: 35818776

A Photovoice Exploration of the Lived Experience of Intersectional Stigma among People Living with HIV.

Teti M, Myroniuk T, Epping S, Lewis K, Liebenberg L

Archives of sexual behavior2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10508-021-02058-w PMID: 34642838

Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-32).

Llistosella M, Gutiérrez-Rosado T, Rodríguez-Rey R, Liebenberg L, Bejarano Á, Gómez-Benito J, Limonero JT

Frontiers in psychology2019

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01410 PMID: 31316419

Exploring Multifactorial Barriers and Resources for Accessing Equitable Mental Health Care Among African Nova Scotians (EMBRACE-ANS

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Eboreime, Ejemai A; Agyapong, Vincent O; Liebenberg, Linda

Keywords: African Nova Scotians; Black Canadians; Equity; Mental Health

$283,051

Laying the foundation for an IYS Learning Health System: Building a youth and equity focused federated IYS data platform

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Operating Grant: IYS LHS Data Platform

Principal investigators: Henderson, Jo; Barnes, Kristen; Horodecki, Laura; Piercey, Matt; Barbic, Skye P; Butler, Stephen M; Chiodo, Debbie G; deJong, Kathy; Dimitropoulos, Gina; Healey Akearok, Gwen K; Hill, Sean; Hutt-MacLeod, Daphne; Iyer, Srividya N; Langton, Julia; Leach, Michelle; MacLachlan, Janna L; Mathias, Steve M; Mushquash, Christopher J; Plourde, Vickie; Sveinson, Pam; Woodgate, Roberta L

Keywords: Data Science; Integrated Youth Services; Large Scale Data Integration; Learning Health System; Youth Mental Health And Substance Use

$9,471,694

GROUND - IYS NS: Guiding Real Outcomes through United and Novel Approaches to Data

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Other: IYS-Net Phase 2 - Provincial Stream Grants

Principal investigators: Wozney, Lori M; Hutt-MacLeod, Daphne; Lane, Jennifer E

Keywords: Continuous Improvement; Data Analysis; Data Architecture; Data Capacity Building; Data Governance Framework; Data Literacy Learning; Data Retreats; Ethical Data Use; Stakeholder Engagement; Technical Infrstructure

$399,564

Together towards bright futures: Strengthening network(s) to support Indigenous youth and communities through advancing, sharing and learning from wise practices, data and stories

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Other: IYS-Net Phase 2: Indigenous Network

Principal investigators: Mushquash, Christopher J; Hopkins, Carol A; Restoule, Brenda; Dimitropoulos, Gina; Ferrari, Manuela; Genereux, Jacob; Henderson, Jo; Iyer, Srividya N; King, Alexandra; Kowatch, Kristy R; Lucas, Heidi U; Madsen, Victoria; Melro, Carolyn M; Moar, Marissa V; Mushquash, Aislin; Young, Nancy L

Keywords: Community-Engagement; Health Service Planning; Indigenous Youth Mental Health And Wellness; Integration Of Youth Services; Participatory-Action Research

$6,730,312

Youth Leading Youth: A forum of youth mentoring for participatory action research skills development

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Liebenberg, Linda

Keywords: youth engagement; participatory action research; youth forum; research method training

$33,774

Spaces&Places for Youth Mental Health and Well-being: Exploring the relational spaces and physical places within and around communities reflecting community resilience and that relatedly bolster youth resilience promoting resources for youth mental health and well-being

Nominated PICIHR2023Catalyst Grant: Healthy Youth - Promoting Health Equity in Canada's Youth

Principal investigators: Liebenberg, Linda; Hutt-MacLeod, Daphne; Schwab, Joshua

Keywords: Contextual Supports; Participatory Action Research; Relational Supports; Social Determinants Of Mental Health; Upstream Mental Health Promotion; Youth Mental Health; Youth Well-Being

$99,560

Generating Resilience on Our Way to Integrated Youth Service in Nova Scotia (GROW-IYS)

Co-investigatorCIHR2023IYS-Net Phase 1: Building Learning Health System Net. - Stream 1 Network Grants

Principal investigators: Wozney, Lori M; Hutt-MacLeod, Daphne; Cassidy, Christine E; Rudderham, Sharon E

Keywords: Community-Based Participatory Research; Implementation Science; Integrated Youth Services; Learning Health System; Workforce Planning; Youth Engagement

$1,328,610

Planting the seeds of cultural continuity: Using cellphilms,food and storytelling to create an international Mikmaq and Zapotec Indigenous youth-2-youth language and cultural reclamation network

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Schwab, Joshua

Keywords: Indigenous Language Revitalization; Indigenous Education; Food Security; Participatory Research; Digital technology; Health and nutrition; Intergenerational knowledge transfer; social justice; community based methods; International development

$75,000

Understanding People, Place, & Culture: A NunatuKavut Inuit Mental Wellness Initiative

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Shea, Jennifer M; Bull, Julie R; Wall, Darlene

Keywords: Community-Based Approaches; Indigenous Health; Mental Wellness; Resilience

$642,600

The Wabanaki-Labrador Indigenous Health Research Network

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Operating Grant: NEIHR - Atlantic Region

Principal investigators: Martin, Debbie H; Brooks, Eileen; Marshall, Albert; Musqua-Leblanc, Geri; Prosper, Kerry; Sark, Roseanne; Cunsolo, Ashlee; Latimer, Margot A; McMillan, Leslie Jane; Sylliboy, John R

Keywords: Co-Learning; Co-Mentorship; Community-Based Research; Indigenous Health; Relational Ethics; Two-Eyed Seeing

$3,499,065

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Translating innovation into impact: a national policy dialogue on scaling and integrating evidence-based supportive text messaging into Canada's mental health care systems.

Erratum: Psychometric validation and optimal cut-point determination of the Hausa WHO-5 well-being index for depression screening among internally displaced persons - CORRIGENDUM.

PROTOCOL: Life Skills Education and Psychosocial Interventions for Anxiety and Depression in Forcibly Displaced Persons in LMICs: A Systematic Review.

Psychometric validation and optimal cut-point determination of the Hausa WHO-5 well-being index for depression screening among internally displaced persons.

A participatory action research qualitative thematic analysis of young men's perspectives on well-being and flourishing.

Validation of a reduced version of the child and youth resilience measure (CYRM-28) for public health use in Aotearoa New Zealand.

In-person vs mobile app facilitated life skills education to improve the mental health of internally displaced persons in Nigeria: protocol for the RESETTLE-IDPs cluster randomized hybrid type 2 effectiveness-implementation trial.

Two-eyed Seeing for youth wellness: Promoting positive outcomes with interwoven resilience resources.

A Photovoice Exploration of the Lived Experience of Intersectional Stigma among People Living with HIV.

Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-32).

Exploring Multifactorial Barriers and Resources for Accessing Equitable Mental Health Care Among African Nova Scotians (EMBRACE-ANS

Laying the foundation for an IYS Learning Health System: Building a youth and equity focused federated IYS data platform

GROUND - IYS NS: Guiding Real Outcomes through United and Novel Approaches to Data

Together towards bright futures: Strengthening network(s) to support Indigenous youth and communities through advancing, sharing and learning from wise practices, data and stories

Youth Leading Youth: A forum of youth mentoring for participatory action research skills development

Spaces&Places for Youth Mental Health and Well-being: Exploring the relational spaces and physical places within and around communities reflecting community resilience and that relatedly bolster youth resilience promoting resources for youth mental health and well-being

Generating Resilience on Our Way to Integrated Youth Service in Nova Scotia (GROW-IYS)

Planting the seeds of cultural continuity: Using cellphilms,food and storytelling to create an international Mikmaq and Zapotec Indigenous youth-2-youth language and cultural reclamation network

Understanding People, Place, & Culture: A NunatuKavut Inuit Mental Wellness Initiative

The Wabanaki-Labrador Indigenous Health Research Network

Frequent collaborators

Ejemai Eboreime

Michael Ungar

Rita Orji

Patrick McGrath

Ashok Malla

Patricia Boksa