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
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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.
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Please join us for a 90-minute hybrid event, ‘Nourishing our future: young people’s potential to shape sustainable food environments’ on Tuesday December 6 at 12:00 pm midday AEDT.
Join us for a 60-minute virtual event, ‘Nourishing our future: young people’s opportunity to shape the future of food’ on Thursday October 20, from 8:00pm AEDT.
