The first week after prison is the deadliest for ex-inmates
Congratulations to Professor Rohan Borschmann for the recent coverage of his new publication in The Lancet looking at mortality after release from incarceration in the Economist!
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Conceptual representation of the Centre for Adolescent Health
Based at the Children’s campus in Melbourne and established by the Royal Children’s Hospital in 1991, the Centre for Adolescent Health is a vibrant and dynamic academic centre that builds on many local and international partnerships and collaborations to generate knowledge, build capacity and advocate to advance the health and wellbeing of all adolescents, locally and globally.
How can we better support young people experiencing early puberty?
Well-done to Dr Nandi Vijayakumar and Professor Susan Sawyer for their insightful interview on ABC Radio National Life Matters with Hillary Harper!
Adolescent mental health in Indonesia and Vietnam
The next session in the Advancing Adolescent Health in the Asia Pacific seminar series will be presented by A/Prof Holly Erskine & Dr Amirah Ellyza Wahd, discussing the National Adolescent Mental Health Surveys (NAHMS). The National Adolescent Mental Health Surveys (NAMHS) were nationally representative household surveys of mental disorders among adolescents aged 10-17 years in Kenya, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
Young people’s health and wellbeing in the Middle East and North Africa
The adolescent population in the Middle East and North Africa holds significant potential to shape future health and wellbeing. But they are overburdened by non-communicable diseases and injury, most of which are preventable.
Parliamentary Friends of Global Health
CAH joined the Parliamentary Friends of Global Health discussion on Thursday 7 September in Canberra, Australia.
Publications in The Lancet
What a week – or 9! The Centre for Adolescent Health has been successful in having 9 articles published or accepted in one of the Lancet journals every week for the past several weeks.
Empowering Youth through Comprehensive Sexuality Education: A Call to Action by IAAH
The Centre for Adolescent Health firmly supports the International Associated for Adolescent Health in its beliefs about comprehensive Sexuality Education in Schools.
Apply to join the Youth Solutions Labs
Are you between the ages of 16 and 20? Apply now to help set the global adolescent health and wellbeing agenda for 2024!
Nairobi meeting of the Second Lancet Commission
The African Population and Health Research Center recently hosted a meeting of the Second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing in Nairobi, Kenya, from May 9 to 11, 2023.