Why We Need to Think young

Exploring this Issue: Whole-Person, Whole-Systems Health and Healing

“…In Marilyn DeLuca's column on global policy perspectives, she encourages us to “think young.” Youths aged 12 to 24 years make up 28% of the global population. 10 However, in many ways they are marginalized, which can carry a high cost to society. Youths often lack representation in governing bodies, are vulnerable to exploitation, have unique health risks, and are relatively understudied in population research and therefore “uncounted.” Dr DeLuca makes an eloquent case for why we need to “think young.”…”