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.
Adolescence is a critical developmental period where health determines developmental trajectories and outcomes during adolescence itself, into adulthood and into the next generation. More than half of the global population of adolescents lives in the Asia Pacific region. Yet globally, regionally and indeed locally in Australia, there are major unmet health needs, inadequate investments in … Continued
Are you between the ages of 16 and 20? Apply now to help set the global adolescent health and wellbeing agenda for 2024!
On June 15, 2023, the Science Gallery welcomed the University of Melbourne’s Department of Paediatrics and the Centre for Adolescent Health to celebrate our recent graduates.
