Health of the world's adolescents: a synthesis of internationally comparable data

Parents Who Supply Sips of Alcohol in Early Adolescence: A Prospective Study of Risk Factors

“…Early adolescent alcohol initiation is associated with increased risk of: delinquent behavior 1 ; physical injury 2 ; poor adolescent health and well-being 3,4 ; and alcoholuse disorders. 1 Alcohol use often commences with a sip(s)/taste(s) of alcohol, rather than consuming whole drinks.…”

Assessment of non-formal sexual education strategies for adolescent girls: the case of Tanzania

“…Adolescent health persists as an important agenda in national, regional and international forums, also in academic research in the 21 st Century (BLUM et al, 2012;PATTON et al, 2012;SAWYER et al, 2012). While health is increasingly recognized as a fundamental human right, it constitutes much more than the mere absence of diseases, and sexual health is understood as an integral aspect of health.…”

Global adolescent health: is there a role for general practice?

“…3,[4][5][6][7] A key theme is centre-staging adolescence within a 'life-course approach,' as a foundation for future health. 3 Early development, social determinants of health and risk, and protective factors, which translate into health-related behaviours, are key elements in the conceptual framework of adolescence, articulated by Sawyer and colleagues.…”

“…Data from 0-16 year olds (or 0-14 year olds) are aggregated in one group and 17-64 year olds (15-64 year olds) in another, hence rendering the health status or health care access measures for adolescents and young adults invisible. 5 Furthermore, primary care access is not routinely measured in large national epidemiological surveys of young people's health and wellbeing and, therefore, we have little data on the patterns of access globally nor the relationship of these patterns with other health indicators. 5 Tylee et al concluded in 2007 that our understanding of the barriers and opportunities to providing youth-friendly primary care-based services had not been translated into practice and, as such, we lacked an evidence base to demonstrate the benefits on health of providing youth-friendly services.…”

“…5 Furthermore, primary care access is not routinely measured in large national epidemiological surveys of young people's health and wellbeing and, therefore, we have little data on the patterns of access globally nor the relationship of these patterns with other health indicators. 5 Tylee et al concluded in 2007 that our understanding of the barriers and opportunities to providing youth-friendly primary care-based services had not been translated into practice and, as such, we lacked an evidence base to demonstrate the benefits on health of providing youth-friendly services. 13 Five years on, promising, yet still insufficient, data have been added to the literature.…”