Teens Deserve Privacy
We might not like it, but our kids’ right to confidential medical advice should take precedence over our right to know about it.
Research
New PhD highlights the need for cultural sensitivity in implementing (HPV) vaccines
Explores attitudes of Australian doctors and parents toward adolescent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination.
Another PhD for CAH team member
Dr. Angela Gent recently completed her PhD thesis exploring the experiences of adolescents living with a
brother or sister with an acquired brain injury.
Complex issues for young people at school with chronic health conditions
Communication, confidentiality & respect key to helping young people with chronic health conditions.
One in twelve teens self harm, study finds
Another paper from the CAH published in The Lancet.
Exploring the Experiences of Adolescents with Cardiac Conditions
ICDs significantly extend life expectancy but the psychosocial implications for people who have ICDs are not well understood.
A ground breaking program to assist students who have dyslexia
Success and Dyslexia: sessions for coping in the upper primary years.
Eating disorders in adolescents highlighted in new paper
What nurses need to know about eating disorders, new paper published.
Lapbanding option for obese adolescents raises many issues
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding versus intensive behaviourally-based intervention in adolescents with severe obesity.
CAH attended National Schools Disability Stakeholder Forum
Dr. Nola Firth, senior researcher at The Centre for Adolescent Health and a learning disabilities specialist represented CAH at schools diability forum recently.