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The Path Forward: Emerging Lessons From Validating a Multicountry Population-Level Data Collection Tool to Measure Adolescent and Youth Mental HealthPete Azzopardi PhD, FRACP, MEpi, MBBS, GDipBiostats, BMedSci Head, Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Head, Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Professor
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Exploring healthcare providers’ perspectives on the factors that facilitate primary health care access among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young peopleAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people aged 15-24 years of age often encounter challenges accessing and utilising primary health care (PHC). Providing health care responsive to the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people requires the active involvement of healthcare providers (HCPs), who play a central role in healthcare delivery. This study explored perspectives of HCPs working in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community-Controlled Health Organisations (ATSICCHOs) on the factors that facilitate Aboriginal and Torres Strait young people accessing and utilising PHC services.
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Associations between proposed local government liquor store size classifications and alcohol consumption in young adultsYoung adults' alcohol consumption appears to be impacted by liquor store density and convenience, rather than outlet size
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Prolonged school non-attendance in adolescence: a practical approachProlonged school non-attendance in adolescence is complex and represents a critical public health problem due to the range of associated adverse poor outcomes
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Smoking status, mental disorders and emotional and behavioural problems in young peopleTo examine the relationship between smoking behaviour, mental disorders and emotional and behavioural problems in a nationally representative sample of young pe
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Th2-associated immunity to bacteria in asthma in teenagers and susceptibility to asthmaBacterial colonisation of the airways is associated with increased risk of childhood asthma
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Nowhere to Go and Nothing to Do but Sit? Youth Screen Time and the Association With Access to Neighborhood DestinationsWith not much to do in their neighborhood, youth may spend more time in the home engaged in screen-based activities
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Mental health problems among young people on remand: has anything changed since 1989?To determine whether the prevalence of mental health problems among adolescents on court ordered remand in South Australia has changed since 1989
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Nothing but fear itself: parental fear as a determinant of child physical activity and independent mobilityOver the past decade we have seen declining rates in child engagement in physical activity with escalating health problems ensuing.
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Lifestyle and demographic correlates of poor mental health in early adolescenceTo determine the constellation of lifestyle and demographic factors that are associated with poor mental health in an adolescent population.