BETTER HEALTHCARE FOR TEENAGERS
It’s time for us to acknowledge, understand and support the unique and emerging health needs of the Teenage Decade so that we can deliver better, more responsive and more welcoming healthcare for teenagers.
Better eHealth Literacy
Better Integration
Better Health Equity
Better Data
WH&Y authors: Professor Kate Steinbeck
- 10 to 20 percent of adolescents have a chronic physical illness, and over 90 percent of them will live into adulthood
- Young people with a chronic illness must take over self-management of their condition during adolescence.
About The Authors
Professor
Kate Steinbeck is an endocrinologist and adolescent physician, and Professor and Medical Foundation ...
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Research partners
We acknowledge the funding support of the NHMRC and the contributions of our research partners in universities across Australia.
