I wish to update you on the cross-country research on youth mental health I spoke to you earlier about.
I was already able to meet twice with a team composed of three faculty members (Ajans Thon, Jun and Matthew) and two graduate students for the planning and preparation of a cross-country research project. As of now, we have decided on the analytical framework and the measures to be used in the study. We will be meeting on the 29th of September, Monday to finalize the questionnaire and task assignments for the preparation of a proposal and for data collection.
I was able to communicate with Dr. Ng from the University of Malaysia about the possibility of having Malaysia be part of the project. She has agreed to this and I will be visiting the University this October to discuss the details of the project with her and her colleagues. I will then be able to present her with the questionnaire which will be finalized by next week. The project is tentatively entitled " Social Context contributions to Mental Health and Risk Behaviors of Thai, Malaysian and Filipino Youth".
If your time will permit it, I would like to invite you to our meeting on September 29 to have you better acquainted with the project. We would also like to discuss with you support the University may be able to provide for the collection of data. I will be you the time and venue details of the meeting as soon as these are finalized.