Our future: a Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing

George C Patton; Susan M Sawyer; John S Santelli; David A Ross; Rima Afifi; Nicholas B Allen; Monika Arora; Peter Azzopardi; Wendy Baldwin; Christopher Bonell; Ritsuko Kakuma; Elissa Kennedy; Jaqueline Mahon; Terry McGovern; Ali H Mokdad; Vikram Patel; Suzanne Petroni; Nicola Reavley; Kikelomo Taiwo; Jane Waldfogel; Dakshitha Wickremarathne; Carmen Barroso; Zulfiqar Bhutta; Adesegun O Fatusi; Amitabh Mattoo; Judith Diers; Jing Fang; Jane Ferguson; Frederick Ssewamala; Russell M Viner

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00579-1

Our future: a Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing

Lancet. 2016 Jun 11;387(10036):2423-78. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00579-1. Epub 2016 May 9.

Authors

George C Patton¹, Susan M Sawyer², John S Santelli³, David A Ross⁴, Rima Afifi⁵, Nicholas B Allen⁶, Monika Arora⁷, Peter Azzopardi⁸, Wendy Baldwin⁹, Christopher Bonell¹⁰, Ritsuko Kakuma¹¹, Elissa Kennedy¹², Jaqueline Mahon¹³, Terry McGovern³, Ali H Mokdad¹⁴, Vikram Patel¹⁵, Suzanne Petroni¹⁶, Nicola Reavley¹¹, Kikelomo Taiwo¹⁷, Jane Waldfogel¹⁸, Dakshitha Wickremarathne¹⁹, Carmen Barroso²⁰, Zulfiqar Bhutta²¹, Adesegun O Fatusi²², Amitabh Mattoo²³, Judith Diers²⁴, Jing Fang²⁵, Jane Ferguson²⁶, Frederick Ssewamala¹⁸, Russell M Viner²⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: george.patton@rch.org.au.
² Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
³ Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁵ Department of Health Promotion and Community Health, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
⁶ Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
⁷ Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India.
⁸ Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁹ Retired.
¹⁰ Institute of Education, University College London, London, UK.
¹¹ School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
¹² Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
¹³ United Nations Population Fund, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁴ Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washinton, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹⁵ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India.
¹⁶ International Centre for Research on Women, Washington, DC, USA.
¹⁷ Girls Educational Mentoring Services, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁸ School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁹ CARE International, London, UK.
²⁰ International Planned Parenthood Foundation, London, UK.
²¹ University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
²² Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria.
²³ Australia India Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
²⁴ UNICEF, New York, NY, USA.
²⁵ Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
²⁶ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
²⁷ Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent / legislation & jurisprudence
Adolescent Health Services
Adolescent Health*
Age Distribution
Child
Criminals
Decision Making
Developed Countries / statistics & numerical data*
Developing Countries / statistics & numerical data*
Educational Status*
Female
Global Health
Health Services Needs and Demand / trends
Humans
Informed Consent / legislation & jurisprudence
Intimate Partner Violence / statistics & numerical data
Intimate Partner Violence / trends
Male
Malnutrition / epidemiology
Marriage* / ethnology
Marriage* / legislation & jurisprudence
Marriage* / trends
Mental Competency / legislation & jurisprudence
Obesity / epidemiology*
Obesity / prevention & control
Occupational Health
Parent-Child Relations
Peer Group
Puberty
Reproductive Health
School Health Services*
Sexual Partners
Sexually Transmitted Diseases / epidemiology*
Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology*
Wounds and Injuries / epidemiology*
Young Adult

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding