Celebrating International Youth Day
Join us in bringing youth issues to attention and celebrate the potential of youth as partners in today’s global society.
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From Surviving to Thriving: The Global Movement Starts Shifting
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.
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!
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.
Building capacity for global adolescent health
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.
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 injury burden and prevention – global to local perspectives
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.
Master of Adolescent Health (Leadership) 2025
The Centre for Adolescent Health is preparing to launch a new masters specialization through the University of Melbourne in 2025.
The forgotten girls: pregnant adolescents in Asia Pacific
This session will speak about the state of evidence for adolescent maternal health care in the Asia Pacific region, and some of the reasons why pregnant girls have been excluded from the research and policy space. This session will highlight how easy it is for pregnant and parenting adolescents to be framed as adults, and thus lose support for their ongoing development.
Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Information Session: 2024 Mid Year Intake
Are you interested in studying adolescent health and wellbeing? Join Dr Ani Wierenga (Academic Coordinator), Kristina Bennett (Masters Coordinator – Master of Adolescent Health and Wellbeing), as well as current students or alumni for the Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Information Session.