Our Master’s coordinator Kristina Bennett has been following up with some of our past students to understand the impact of their studies on their work with young people in the community.
Synopsis: Adolescent health can be improved when evidence-based interventions are provided to those who need them. However, demonstrating that interventions are effective, acceptable and feasible to implement is not always enough to have them adopted by governments or other agencies. This is because governments need to make choices about what to fund in the context of … Continued
Join us in bringing youth issues to attention and celebrate the potential of youth as partners in today’s global society.
This seminar will discuss the global movement from surviving to thriving, emphasizing the need to measure adolescent wellbeing and enable the understanding of current gaps and progress made.
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.
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.
Well-done to Dr Nandi Vijayakumar and Professor Susan Sawyer for their insightful interview on ABC Radio National Life Matters with Hillary Harper!
The George C. Patton Fellowship in Adolescent Health and Wellbeing honours and extends the legacy of Professor George C. Patton AO MBBS MD FRANZCP FRCPsych.
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.
