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The Parents, Young People and Alcohol campaign achieved high awareness and positively influenced parental outcomes
Liquor store availability in early adolescence may be a risk factor for alcohol intake in early and middle, but not late, adolescence
Self-reported experiences of adolescents in population-based samples when completing health-related surveys on topics with varying potential for evoking distres
We review the available empirical evidence on the cognitive, physical, and surgical implications of puberty suppression in gender-incongruent children and adolescents
Further research is required to identify the optimal age, content and length of mindfulness programs for adolescents in universal prevention settings.
The RACP is advancing a three-tier strategy to build greater specialist capacity and sustain leadership in adolescent and young adult medicine
Adolescents attending a hospital-based CPU report high rates of health-risk behaviours
More needs to be done to address alcohol-related harm, and on-going monitoring is required to assess the effectiveness of strategies.
Senior Research Officer from The Kids Research Institute Australia’s Human Development and Community Wellbeing team, Robyn Johnston, says now is actually a good time to start talking to them about alcohol - before they transition to the teenage years.
Young people who have had contact with the criminal justice system are at increased risk of early death, especially from injuries. However, deaths due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in this population remain poorly described. We aimed to estimate mortality due to NCDs in people with a history of involvement with the youth justice system, compare NCD mortality rates in this population with those in the general population, and characterise demographic and justice-related factors associated with deaths caused by NCDs in people with a history of contact with the youth justice system.