WHO CC St Andrews

Child and adolescent health in Europe: monitoring implementation of policies and provision of services thelancet.com/journals/lanch…

Come work with us - closing date 3 May 2019

Learn more about what #teens are going through as they develop. @JohnsHopkinsSPH helps explain the changes happening during #adolescence bit.ly/2RUZqaE @TeenHealthGov

“Helping young people feel at home in Scotland”A full day #Youth #Homelessness Collaboration Event in Glasgow to focus on integration of #health and #SocialCare @scotinsight @GHumphris @dundeeuni @DundeeDental @CDO_Scotland @primarycare_sta

2/ A packed programme for the Helping Young People Feel at Home in Scotland meeting: devising strategy for health @WHOCCStAndrews @DundeeDental @StAndMedicine

Andrea Rodriguez opens the ‘Helping Young People Feel at Home in Scotland’ at the SUII, Glasgow - a building collaborative meeting @StAndMedicine @DundeeDental @scotgov @WHOCCStAndrews @ScotGovFM

.@scotinsight event next Wednesday, March 20th 9-3:40pm in Glasgow at University of Strathclyde: Helping #YoungPeople Feel at Home in #Scotland scottishinsight.blog/the-blog/young… #Homelessness #Integration #cooperation Space is limited but to attend email: a.rodriguez@dundee.ac.uk

Great to see @HBSCStudy so well represented at the WHO collaborative centres meeting on child and adolescent health @WHO_Europe @KoltoAndras @ColetteNUIG @michalmolcho @aoifebgavin

Dorothy Currie & GH present current work of WHO CC International Child and Adolescent Policy to Meeting of WHO CCs in C&A European Region at Edinburgh today. Devising new 2020 WHO (10 year) strategy with the CC community over 2 days ⁦@StAndMedicine⁩ ⁦@WHOCCStAndrews⁩

Allowing assault of children for the purposes of punishment is untenable in human rights law. @JohnFinnieHI #SPEqualProtection bill ensures children full legal protection from violence in all settings. We need to support families in positive parenting @EquallyProtect @SP_EHRiC

Read this @NuffieldTrust + @AYPHcharity report on young people's health + well-being. Featuring @HBSCstudy data on physical activity, alcohol and cannabis use. There's an urgent need to invest in adolescent health for healthy adult populations in the future. #youngpeople #health

#AdolescentHealth in Low and Middle Income Countries | #London | 17 - 28 June 2019 lshtm.ac.uk/study/courses/… Presented by .@LSHTM .@WHO .@UNICEF .@UNFPA the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife Nigeria, and the Public Health Foundation of India

Children are disproportionately affected by imbalances in our food system - this is measurement will be essential to forming the action plan we so desperately need bit.ly/2T3PvQv @EmmaLewellBuck @EndHunger_UK @SharonHodgsonMP #BrokenPlate #Right2Food

How to Talk to Kids About Sex and Consent childmind.org/article/how-ta…

New + important editorial in @TheLancet on social media, screen time, + young people's mental health: j.mp/2TUcwlt "Our understanding of the benefits, harms, and risks of our rapidly changing digital landscape is sorely lacking" #mentalhealth #socialmedia

#2030Agenda: Violence is at the top of children's concerns, and is now also at the top of the world's agenda with all countries committed to eliminating all forms of violence against children. @un pic:@unicefangola @sdg2030

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is updating its guidance on child and youth justice! Read our joint response with @CYCJScotland @whocaresscot and @CELCIStweets here 👉👉 bit.ly/2VCoOAf #ChildRights #UNCRC #justice #HumanRights

We'll be organising a programme with @DundeeDental Andrea Rodrigues and Ruth Freeman. See details here: scottishinsight.blog/the-blog/young… Stay tuned for further details. We're very excited! #homelessyouth #integration #cooperation #interdependence

Mental Health Minister Clare will outline reform to Scotland's #mentalhealth services, as a taskforce calls for waiting times for children to see CAMHS specialists tp be cut by a third. #HolyroodLive Watch here: bbc.in/2LnMsLY

Dr. Carolyn Sutter @carolynasutter discusses the importance of getting kids involved in making decisions about what to eat. Cultivate autonomy and agency to support healthy eating behaviors! Exciting to see our research shared, and with podcast puns! news.illinois.edu/view/6367/7299…

ICYMI: OAH has information for #healthcare providers and parents to help adolescents successfully transition from pediatric to adult care. bit.ly/2NpnKiK @PublicHealth @ncwdyouth_iel @Adolescent_Hlth