Journal article
Adolescence: a foundation for future health
The Lancet (British edition), Vol.379(9826), pp.1630-1640
04/28/2012
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60072-5
PMID: 22538178
Abstract
Adolescence is a life phase in which the opportunities for health are great and future patterns of adult health are established. Health in adolescence is the result of interactions between prenatal and early childhood development and the specific biological and social-role changes that accompany puberty, shaped by social determinants and risk and protective factors that affect the uptake of health-related behaviours. The shape of adolescence is rapidly changing—the age of onset of puberty is decreasing and the age at which mature social roles are achieved is rising. New understandings of the diverse and dynamic effects on adolescent health include insights into the effects of puberty and brain development, together with social media. A focus on adolescence is central to the success of many public health agendas, including the Millennium Development Goals aiming to reduce child and maternal mortality and HIV/AIDS, and the more recent emphases on mental health, injuries, and non-communicable diseases. Greater attention to adolescence is needed within each of these public health domains if global health targets are to be met. Strategies that place the adolescent years centre stage—rather than focusing only on specific health agendas—provide important opportunities to improve health, both in adolescence and later in life.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Adolescence: a foundation for future health
- Creators
- Susan M Sawyer - Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC, AustraliaRima A Afifi - Department of Health Promotion and Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, LebanonLinda H Bearinger - Center for Adolescent Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USASarah-Jayne Blakemore - Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UKBruce Dick - Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USAAlex C Ezeh - African Population and Health Research Centre, Nairobi, KenyaGeorge C Patton - Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Lancet (British edition), Vol.379(9826), pp.1630-1640
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60072-5
- PMID
- 22538178
- NLM abbreviation
- Lancet
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
- eISSN
- 1474-547X
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/28/2012
- Academic Unit
- Injury Prevention Research Center; Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984063136602771
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