Upcoming events
Can whole-school approaches support adolescent mental health?
10 Jul, 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEDT
This seminar presented current evidence for Health-Promoting Schools and positive school social environments and mental health and explored how Health-Promoting Schools has been applied in Indonesia to address the challenge of adolescent mental health.
Past events
Advancing the Global Standards for Health-Promoting Schools
12 Jun, 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEDT
Schools are an important and often underutilised setting for promoting adolescent health and wellbeing. This 2-part series will explore whole-school approaches to health promotion, using the first Global Standards for Health Promoting Schools.
Strengthening action on the social determinants of adolescent mental health
8 May, 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEDT
In this seminar, Prof. Reavley outlined the global context for adolescent mental health, with a focus on actions outside the health system, including those relevant to social determinants of mental health.
Global launch of A Call to Action: The Second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing
A call to action: the global launch of the second Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing will take place as a side event to the World Health Assembly 2025. Please complete this Expression of Interest form to be considered for attendance.
Non-communicable diseases and wellbeing in Indonesian Adolescents: engaging young people in the response
3 Apr, 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEDT
This seminar discusses the prevalence and co-occurrence of distinct NCD risk factors, how they relate to current mental wellbeing amongst adolescents in Indonesia, and what this means for tackling the rising burden of NCDs in the Asia Pacific.
Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050
13 Mar, 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEDT
In this session, Dr. Jess Kerr and Prof. Dot Dumuid will unveil groundbreaking data on overweight and obesity trends among 15-24 year-olds across 204 countries, with a special focus on the Asia-Pacific region.
Moving beyond data gaps
13 Feb, 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEDT
In this session, Professor Pete Azzopardi will provide a broad overview of the state of primary data for adolescent health, highlighting key knowledge gaps and the implications this has had for policy and practice.
Anxiety and depression across adolescence
5 Dec, 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEDT
Amid growing concerns about a youth ‘mental health crisis,’ understanding of how common mental disorders, such as depression and anxiety, evolve across adolescence is crucial to inform contemporary responses. This seminar will present findings from the Child to Adult Transition Study
How to CREYATE Partnerships in Research with Young People
7 Nov, 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEDT
Have you ever wondered about the journey of youth advocacy from inception to impact? In this session, we will delve into the essential phases of becoming a youth advocate, emphasizing the importance of collaboration with young people in research initiatives.
Using cross-sectoral data linkage to understand the health trajectories of socially excluded children and adolescents
3 Oct, 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEST
This webinar will briefly explain what cross-sectoral data linkage is, consider its advantages and disadvantages, and briefly describe two cross-sectoral data linkage studies of justice-involved adolescents in Australia.
An introduction to economic modelling: what it can and can’t do
4 July, 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEST
Join us for our online seminar as we explain why economic analyses are useful and how they can be included in research to increase the impact of the work.
From Surviving to Thriving: The Global Movement Starts Shifting
1 August, 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEST
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.
Building capacity for global adolescent health
4 July, 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEST
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.
Adolescent injury burden and prevention
6 June, 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEST
This seminar 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 Forgotten Girls
2 May, 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEDT
Dr Farnaz Sabet and Ms Suchitra Rath 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.
Driving responsive actions for adolescent health
4 April, 1:00 pm AEDT
Adolescent health needs vary substantially across our region, but also within countries by age, gender, ethnicity, remoteness and other factors. For health actions to be responsive to need, we need good quality data that defines these needs.