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Geoffrey Maina

ResearcherUniversity of Saskatchewan

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Geoffrey Maina

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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19 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Art Based Methodologies Community Based Research Hiv And Stbbi Immigrants Racialised Communities Sexual Health Interventions Ethnic Minority Hiv Linkage To Care

Latest papers

Navigating long COVID: integrated self-management, structural barriers, and patient-identified recommendations among marginalized populations and individuals with preexisting mental health conditions.
Disability and rehabilitation · 2026
Guidance on Community-Based Mental Health Support for Black Youth in Canada.
Community mental health journal · 2026
Symptom, Functional, and Work Participation Profiles Among Racialized Canadians with Pre-Existing Mental Health Challenges and Long COVID: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026

All 31 publications

Latest funding

Iyogipiya Mija Waste' Ni ~ The Good Life: Growing Our Medicines, Celebrating Identity and Inspiring Healthy Sexuality and Wholistic Wellness Among Our Indigenous Youth Across the Prairies
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,000,000
Iyogipiya Mija Waste' Ni ~ The Good Life: Growing Our Medicines, Celebrating Identity and Inspiring Healthy Sexuality and Wholistic Wellness Among Our Indigenous Youth Across the Prairies
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$998,926
Co-developing and implementing culturally informed, community-driven sexual health interventions for migrants and racialized communities (MRCs) in the prairies.
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$1,000,000

All 11 grants and awards

31 publications.

Navigating long COVID: integrated self-management, structural barriers, and patient-identified recommendations among marginalized populations and individuals with preexisting mental health conditions.

Piao Y, Welithotage T, Haq M, Lamptey DL, Ezeugwu VE, Maina G, Flowers K, Nowrouzi-Kia B

Disability and rehabilitation2026

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2026.2715082 PMID: 42598831

Guidance on Community-Based Mental Health Support for Black Youth in Canada.

Salami B, Martínez-Vega R, Tunde-Byass M, Alaazi DA, Boatswain-Kyte A, Salami A, Maduforo AN, Price K, Dordunoo D, Hamilton-Hinch BA, Maina G, Massaquoi N, Oluwasina F, Mwansa C, Fajenyo V, Boakye-Yiadom N, Yohani S, Jarvis GE, Orakwue-Ononye N, Ogundare O, Renzaho AMN

Community mental health journal2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10597-026-01703-9 PMID: 42584786

Symptom, Functional, and Work Participation Profiles Among Racialized Canadians with Pre-Existing Mental Health Challenges and Long COVID: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Shahzad M, Siddiqui S, Lau C, Lamptey DL, Ezeugwu VE, Maina G, Maddison CJ, Flowers K, Shah AR, Welithotage T, Nowrouzi-Kia B

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2026

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare14121726 PMID: 42354584

Phone-based intervention for anxiety management in primary health care users: A feasibility study.

Pereira CF, Araújo MPB, Vargas D, Uelze MLP, Maina G

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1590/1980-220x-reeusp-2025-0255en PMID: 41770072

Culturally appropriate sexual health interventions for STBBI and HIV among racialised immigrant communities in Western nations: a scoping review protocol.

Kwame A, Maina G, Langman E, Ndubuka N, Caine V, Spence C, Maposa S, Kamrul R, Mason N, Etowa J, Eaton AD, Caron-Roy S, Abdulrasheed A, Guliak D, Chowdhury I, Ahmed A, Nyoni N, Hanson J, Alvarez A

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-110381 PMID: 41638739

Contemporary trends of witchcraft accusations and resulting violence against children: A scoping review and bibliometric analysis protocol.

Spence C, Mahama ES, Jarvis K, Zettl M, Yakong VN, Ani-Amponsah M, Vallianatos H, Adjorlolo S, Setsoafia CK, Maina G, Richter S, Petrucka P

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0338997 PMID: 41628125

Insidious systems: a scoping review of Black youth and the criminal justice system in Canada.

Yusuf JE, Apatinga G, Hamilton-Hinch BA, Bailey A, Knight WA, Maina G, Maduforo AN, Salami B

Health & justice2026

DOI: 10.1186/s40352-026-00396-2 PMID: 41535503

Worker health and well-being in Ontario's electrical sector: a quantitative study of occupational health outcomes.

Obeidat D, Lau HKC, Mencia-Ledo J, Siddiqui S, Sarawan A, Shi Z, Premji R, Howe A, Bani-Fatemi A, Asgary A, Gohar B, Chattu VK, Maina G, Sunil T, Nowrouzi-Kia B

Frontiers in public health2025

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1735294 PMID: 41602050

Promoting resilience and mental well-being among immigrants in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study.

Pandey M, Maina G, Fang Y, LaPlante T, Kamrul R, Babcock D, Pyle J, Sachdev N

BMC psychology2025

DOI: 10.1186/s40359-025-03658-0 PMID: 41291943

Creating an Empirically Informed Mental Health Workbook for Racialised Newcomer Youth in Saskatchewan: Community-Based Participatory Action Research.

Maina G, Valez C, Kwame A, Onyeniyona P, Muriithi M, Maroof R

International journal of mental health nursing2025First author

DOI: 10.1111/inm.70100 PMID: 40707408

Iyogipiya Mija Waste' Ni ~ The Good Life: Growing Our Medicines, Celebrating Identity and Inspiring Healthy Sexuality and Wholistic Wellness Among Our Indigenous Youth Across the Prairies

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Team Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research -General Indigenous Pool

Principal investigators: Froehlich Chow, Amanda L; Gadwa, Candace; Girolami, Tammy; Ndubuka, Nnamdi O; Wahpepah, Kathleen; Humbert, Margaret L; King, Alexandra; Kowatch, Kristy R; Melro, Carolyn M

Keywords: Culturally Responsive; Gender; Hiv/Hcv And Stbbis; Identity; Implementation Science; Indigenous Wellness; Sexual Health; Youth

$1,000,000

Iyogipiya Mija Waste' Ni ~ The Good Life: Growing Our Medicines, Celebrating Identity and Inspiring Healthy Sexuality and Wholistic Wellness Among Our Indigenous Youth Across the Prairies

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Team Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research - Supplementary Funding

Principal investigators: Froehlich Chow, Amanda L; Gadwa, Candace; Girolami, Tammy; Ndubuka, Nnamdi O; Wahpepah, Kathleen; Humbert, Margaret L; King, Alexandra; Kowatch, Kristy R; Melro, Carolyn M

Keywords: Culturally Responsive; Gender; Hiv/Hcv And Stbbis; Identity; Implementation Science; Indigenous Wellness; Sexual Health; Youth

$998,926

Co-developing and implementing culturally informed, community-driven sexual health interventions for migrants and racialized communities (MRCs) in the prairies.

Nominated PICIHR2025Team Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI CBR - Racialized people and migrants

Principal investigators: Maina, Geoffrey M; Hasselback, Jasmine; Koyama, Amanda; Caine, Vera F; Etowa, Josephine B; Kamrul, Rejina; Wadams, Morgan L

Keywords: Art Based Methodologies; Community Based Research; Hiv And Stbbi; Immigrants; Racialised Communities; Sexual Health Interventions

$1,000,000

Understanding Witchcraft Beliefs and Practices in Transnational Spaces: Exploring the case of children in Ghana and African newcomers in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Richter, Solina

Keywords: Children; Transnational spaces; Immigrants; Witchcraft; Intersectionality

$37,268

RE: Exploring HIV care needs and developing HIV programming framework for migrants and ethnic minorities (MEMs) in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Nominated PICIHR2024Team Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI CBR - Racialized people and migrants - LOI

Principal investigators: Maina, Geoffrey M; Hanson, Jacelyn; Nyoni, Nuru; Caine, Vera F; Etowa, Josephine B

Keywords: Ethnic Minority; Hiv Linkage To Care; Hiv Literacy; Hiv Prevention; Hiv Testing

$99,300

Transforming the Lives of Black Children and Youths in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Grants

Keywords: Adolescent; African; Black; Caribbean; Child; Children; Youth

$500,000

Transforming the Lives of Black Children and Youths in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Grants

Keywords: adolescent; African; Black; Caribbean; child; children; youth

$58,333

Foreign Students in Distress: Exploring International Students' Vulnerability to Food Insecurity

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Amoyaw, Jonathan

Keywords: Food insecurity; International students; Canada; Halifax; Food access; Scoping review; Immigrants; Poverty; Social assistance; University

$71,380

Atotitum~Becoming of Age: Inspiring healthy sexuality and wellness through "Identity Healing" to prevent, reduce and eliminate HIV/HCV/STBBI inequities among Indigenous youth in Saskatchewan

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Froehlich Chow, Amanda L; Flett, Jackie; Girolami, Tammy; Humbert, Margaret L; Maina, Geoffrey M; Ndubuka, Nnamdi O; Wahpepah, Kathleen

Keywords: 2slgbtqia+; Arts-Based Research; Community-Based Participatory Research Methods; Culturally Rooted Activity; Indigenous Child And Youth Health; Indigenous Health And Wellness; Land-Based Activity; School-Based Intervention; Sexual Health; Two-Eyed Seeing

$1,434,376

Saskatchewan Centre for Patient-Oriented Research Phase II Renewal

Principal investigatorCIHR2020SPOR SUPPORT Unit Phase II - Saskatchewan

Principal investigators: Smith, Preston A; Babyn, Paul S; Clark, Megan; Donkers, Sarah J; King, Malcolm; Lawson, Karen; Maina, Geoffrey M; Mann, Jackie; Skrapek, Candace H

Keywords: Capacity Development; Evidence Informed Policy; Health Data; Indigenous Health; Learning Health System; Patient Engagement; Patient Reported Outcomes And Experiences; Patient-Oriented Research; Quality Improvement

$12,572,099

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Art Based Methodologies Dear Professor Maina, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Navigating long COVID: integrated self-management, structural barriers, and patient-identified recommendations among marginalized populations and individuals with preexisting mental health conditions." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Co-developing and implementing culturally informed, community-driven sexual health interventions for migrants and racialized communities (MRCs) in the prairies." (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Geoffrey Maina

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Navigating long COVID: integrated self-management, structural barriers, and patient-identified recommendations among marginalized populations and individuals with preexisting mental health conditions.

Guidance on Community-Based Mental Health Support for Black Youth in Canada.

Symptom, Functional, and Work Participation Profiles Among Racialized Canadians with Pre-Existing Mental Health Challenges and Long COVID: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Phone-based intervention for anxiety management in primary health care users: A feasibility study.

Culturally appropriate sexual health interventions for STBBI and HIV among racialised immigrant communities in Western nations: a scoping review protocol.

Contemporary trends of witchcraft accusations and resulting violence against children: A scoping review and bibliometric analysis protocol.

Insidious systems: a scoping review of Black youth and the criminal justice system in Canada.

Worker health and well-being in Ontario's electrical sector: a quantitative study of occupational health outcomes.

Promoting resilience and mental well-being among immigrants in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study.

Creating an Empirically Informed Mental Health Workbook for Racialised Newcomer Youth in Saskatchewan: Community-Based Participatory Action Research.

Iyogipiya Mija Waste' Ni ~ The Good Life: Growing Our Medicines, Celebrating Identity and Inspiring Healthy Sexuality and Wholistic Wellness Among Our Indigenous Youth Across the Prairies

Iyogipiya Mija Waste' Ni ~ The Good Life: Growing Our Medicines, Celebrating Identity and Inspiring Healthy Sexuality and Wholistic Wellness Among Our Indigenous Youth Across the Prairies

Co-developing and implementing culturally informed, community-driven sexual health interventions for migrants and racialized communities (MRCs) in the prairies.

Understanding Witchcraft Beliefs and Practices in Transnational Spaces: Exploring the case of children in Ghana and African newcomers in Canada

RE: Exploring HIV care needs and developing HIV programming framework for migrants and ethnic minorities (MEMs) in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Transforming the Lives of Black Children and Youths in Canada

Transforming the Lives of Black Children and Youths in Canada

Foreign Students in Distress: Exploring International Students' Vulnerability to Food Insecurity

Atotitum~Becoming of Age: Inspiring healthy sexuality and wellness through "Identity Healing" to prevent, reduce and eliminate HIV/HCV/STBBI inequities among Indigenous youth in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Centre for Patient-Oriented Research Phase II Renewal

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