Synopsis: Adolescent health can be improved when evidence-based interventions are provided to those who need them. However, demonstrating that interventions are effective, acceptable and feasible to implement is not always enough to have them adopted by governments or other agencies. This is because governments need to make choices about what to fund in the context of … Continued
Join us in bringing youth issues to attention and celebrate the potential of youth as partners in today’s global society.
This seminar will discuss the global movement from surviving to thriving, emphasizing the need to measure adolescent wellbeing and enable the understanding of current gaps and progress made.
This workshop style session will discuss the need for high-quality, youth-informed research to help drive investment in global adolescent health and highlight some of the CRE’s goals for building capacity for youth involvement in research.
This session will examine the work of the injury stream of the CRE to quantify the global burden of injury and interpersonal violence experienced by adolescents, uncover the evidence to support investment in effective interventions, as well as the gaps. The seminar will close with a deep dive into road injury, the leading cause of injury for adolescents, reviewing recent research findings and first-hand experiences of young people.
This session will speak about the state of evidence for adolescent maternal health care in the Asia Pacific region, and some of the reasons why pregnant girls have been excluded from the research and policy space. This session will highlight how easy it is for pregnant and parenting adolescents to be framed as adults, and thus lose support for their ongoing development.
Are you interested in studying adolescent health and wellbeing? Join Dr Ani Wierenga (Academic Coordinator), Kristina Bennett (Masters Coordinator – Master of Adolescent Health and Wellbeing), as well as current students or alumni for the Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Information Session.
In presenting for Grand Rounds, Professor Peter Azzopardi shares his personal journey in adolescent health, and celebrates the legacy of the late Professor George Patton.
Adolescent health needs vary substantially across our region, but also within countries by age, gender, ethnicity, remoteness and other factors. For health actions to be responsive to need, we need good quality data that defines these needs. In this session we will highlight efforts globally, regionally and nationally using population data, and we will present a case study of understanding the contemporary drivers of adolescent pregnancy in our region.
In introducing the monthly virtual seminar series, Advancing Adolescent Health in the Asia Pacific: A virtual community to share knowledge and support collaboration, Professor Susan Sawyer AM provided the background of why adolescent health matters, the rationale for an expanded definition of adolescence, and the context for why adolescent health matters in our region.
