Announcing the new “leadership specialisation” of the Master of Adolescent Health & Wellbeing program. This course is available to International and domestic Australian students.
Here, Kristina speaks with Yuki Fukuda, who on completing the Global Adolescent Health Massive Open Online Course then enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Adolescent Health and Wellbeing, both of which are led by the Centre for Adolescent Health through the University of Melbourne’s Department of Paediatrics.
This landmark longitudinal study, officially known as the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study (VAHCS), has been tracking the lives of young Victorians for over 30 years. In 2006, the intergenerational component of the project was created: the Victorian Intergenerational Health Cohort Study (VIHCS). A Look Back The journey began in 1992 with 2000 Year 9 … Continued
CATS is a unique longitudinal study following over 1200 children as they transition through adolescence and into adulthood. The study began in 2012 when the children were in Grade 3 (8-9 years old) and attending primary schools in metropolitan Melbourne.
The age a child can be arrested, charged and jailed in Australia is back in the spotlight.
This is the second in a series of conversations we have been having with our past students to understand the impact of their studies on their work with young people in the community.
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!
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.
Well-done to Dr Nandi Vijayakumar and Professor Susan Sawyer for their insightful interview on ABC Radio National Life Matters with Hillary Harper!
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.
