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Our future: a Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing

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Patton, George C, Sawyer, Susan M, Santelli, John S, Ross, David A, Afifi, Rima, Allen, Nicholas B, Arora, Monika, Azzopardi, Peter +22 more·2016·The Lancet

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  • Improving secondary education outcomes for adolescents presents the single best investment for health and wellbeing.

    “a Lancet commission concluded that improving secondary education outcomes for adolescents “presents the single best investment for health and wellbeing”5.”

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    The Education and adolescent health section describes expanded secondary education as an achievable strategy for improving health and a major resource for adolescent health and wellbeing. The Responses and recommendations section calls access to quality secondary education an essential investment. Neither passage ranks it as the “single best” investment or contains the quoted wording. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Experiences of depressive and anxiety symptoms in childhood and adolescence are associated with an elevated risk of poor mental health in adulthood.

    “Experiences of depressive and anxiety symptoms in childhood and adolescence are associated with an elevated risk of poor mental health in adulthood [8–12]”

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    In ‘The global health profile of adolescents and young adults’ (page not available), the paper says mental disorders often begin in late childhood or adolescence and many persist into adulthood. It does not establish the claimed adult risk specifically for childhood and adolescent depressive and anxiety symptoms; the ‘Mental disorders’ section also notes that not all adolescent mental health problems persist, particularly brief episodes. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • Improvements in global childhood mortality have shifted the main period of health risk from before puberty to the mid-twenties; mental ill health now accounts for at least 45% of the overall burden of disease in those aged 10-24 years.

    “Improvements in global childhood mortality have shifted the main period of health risk from before puberty to the mid-twenties; mental ill health now accounts for at least 45% of the overall burden of disease in those aged 10-24 years.”

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    The ‘Why adolescent health and wellbeing?’ section (page unavailable) reports that mortality fell much faster among young children than among older adolescents and young adults, supporting a relative shift in health concern. It describes that comparison for high- and middle-income countries, not as a global shift in the main period of health risk. The ‘Global health profile’ section discusses the growing burden of mental disorders but does not give the claimed figure of at least 45% of overall disease burden among 10–24-year-olds. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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Patton, G. C., Sawyer, S. M., Santelli, J. S., Ross, D. A., Afifi, R., Allen, N. B., Arora, M., Azzopardi, P., Baldwin, W., Bonell, C., Kakuma, R., Kennedy, E., Mahon, J., McGovern, T., Mokdad, A. H., Patel, V., Petroni, S., Reavley, N., Taiwo, K., Waldfogel, J., Wickremarathne, D., Barroso, C., Bhutta, Z., Fatusi, A. O., Mattoo, A., Diers, J., Fang, J., Ferguson, J., Ssewamala, F., & Viner, R. M.
Affiliations
  • Royal Children's Hospital (AU)
  • Columbia University (US)
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
  • American University of Beirut (LB)
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • Public Health Foundation of India (IN)
  • Burnet Institute (AU)
  • United Nations Population Fund (US)
  • University of Washington (US)
  • International Center for Research on Women (US)
  • Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (US)
  • International Planned Parenthood Federation (GB)
  • Aga Khan University (PK)
  • Obafemi Awolowo University (NG)
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University (IN)
  • United Nations Children's Fund (US)
  • Kunming Medical University (CN)
  • University College London (GB)
Corresponding author
Patton, George C
Venue
The Lancet
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-06
Volume
387
Issue
10036
Pages
2423-2478
ISSN
  • 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
  • 0140-6736
OpenAlex
W2345859514
Cited by
3,785
References
320
Citations by year
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FWCI
41.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Lancet (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (acceptedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle, WA, USA)
  • MacArthur Foundation (Chicago, IL, USA)
  • Australia India Institute (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
  • Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • MacArthur Foundation
  • University of Melbourne
  • The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle, WA, USA)
  • John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation
  • Australia India Institute
  • Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
  • The University of Melbourne
  • University College London
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  • Columbia University
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Adolescent Health and Behaviors
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
Keywords
adolescent health, adolescent wellbeing, brain development, social environment, human potential, human mobility, sustainability, economic development
MeSH terms
Intimate Partner Violence, Adolescent Health, Adolescent, Child, Decision Making, Developing Countries, Educational Status, Female, Health Services Needs and Demand, Humans, Informed Consent, Male, Marriage, Obesity, Parent-Child Relations, Peer Group, Puberty, School Health Services, Sexual Partners, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Global Health, Wounds and Injuries, Occupational Health, Adolescent Health Services, Mental Competency, Age Distribution, Developed Countries, Substance-Related Disorders, Malnutrition, Young Adult, Criminals, Reproductive Health

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