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Seminar Series: Can whole-school approaches support adolescent mental health? Current evidence and future directions

Synopsis: Schools are an important and often underutilised setting for promoting adolescent health and wellbeing. This 2-part series will explore whole-school approaches to health promotion, using the first Global Standards for Health Promoting Schools (developed by our team for the WHO and UNESCO) and showcase recent research on the effectiveness and implementation of health-promoting schools … Continued

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Seminar Series: Advancing the Global Standards for Health-Promoting Schools

This 2-part series will explore whole-school approaches to health promotion, using the first Global Standards for Health Promoting Schools (developed by our team for the WHO and UNESCO) and showcase recent research on the effectiveness and implementation of health-promoting schools with a focus on youth engagement and mental health in the Asia Pacific region.

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The Lancet: Globally the health of adolescents is at a tipping point; action needed to tackle rising threats to young people’s health and wellbeing 

By 2030, there will still be over 1 billion of the world’s adolescents (aged 10-24 years) living in  countries where preventable and treatable health problems like HIV/AIDS, early pregnancy, unsafe  sex, depression, poor nutrition and injury collectively threaten the health and wellbeing of  adolescents, suggests a new analysis from the second Lancet Commission on adolescent health and  wellbeing. 

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Seminar Series: Strengthening action on the social determinants of adolescent mental health

In this session, Professor Nicola Reavley will outline the global context for adolescent mental health, with a focus on actions outside the health system, including those relevant to social determinants of mental health. She will also present data from some recent projects and discuss the implications for future action on prevention and promotion.

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Seminar Series: Non-communicable diseases and wellbeing in Indonesian Adolescents: engaging young people in the response

Synopsis: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, mental disorder and chronic lung conditions are the leading cause of death and disability in Indonesia. Many of the risks for these diseases emerge in adolescence, yet actions and policy interventions to address these risks rarely target this age group, let alone involve young people … Continued

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