#LancetYouth<\/a>.<\/p>\nTWITTER CHAT THEMES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n- \n
Empowerment & Protection<\/em>\u00a0– How do societies both protect and empower young people to promote healthy outcomes in adolescents and young adults?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Engagement<\/em>\u00a0– What does meaningful youth engagement really mean?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Education<\/em>\u00a0– The role of education for health<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Equity<\/em>\u00a0– Who is getting left behind? Where are we missing the mark in regards to adolescent health and wellbeing?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nEXPERTS<\/strong><\/span>
\nProfessor George Patton,<\/strong> Chair of the Lancet <\/em>Commission on adolescent health and wellbeing, Professorial Fellow of Adolescent Health Research at The University of Melbourne, and an NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow. He is the Group Leader of Population Health Studies of Adolescents at Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and a Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist at the Royal Children’s Hospital.
\nProfessor Susan Sawyer,<\/strong> is the Group Leader of Health Services Delivery for Adolescents at Murdoch Childrens Research Institute\u00a0and Director of the Centre for Adolescent Health at Royal Children’s Hospital as well as a lead Commissioner of the Lancet <\/em>Commission on adolescent health and wellbeing.
\nMr Dakshitha Wickremarathne,<\/strong> is a young researcher, activist and a development practitioner focusing on sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR), gender equality, youth rights and reconciliation. Dakshitha is a Youth Commissioner in the Lancet <\/em>Commission on adolescent health and wellbeing and as an Advisor to UN Women\u2019s Global Civil Society Advisory Group. He is the Co-Founder of Youth Advocacy Network Sri Lanka.
\nMr Liam Sollis<\/strong>, is Plan International UK\u2019s Policy and Advocacy Manager. He leads the Young Health Programme\u2019s (YHP) policy, advocacy and research in addition to Plan UK\u2019s public engagement on adolescent health. He was previously coordinator of Action for Global Health (AfGH) UK.<\/p>\nThis chat is hosted by NCD Child, the University of Melbourne, and Plan International UK.<\/em>
\nIt is promoted\u00a0in partnership with the Young Health Programme.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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