Building the foundations for sustainable development: a case for global investment in the capabilities of adolescents

The Lancet

Volumn 390, Issue 10104, 2017, Pages 1792-1806

  Sheehan, Peter ^a   Sweeny, Kim ^a   Rasmussen, Bruce ^a   Wils, Annababette ^b   Friedman, Howard S ^c   Mahon, Jacqueline ^c   Patton, George C ^d,e,f   Sawyer, Susan M ^d,e,f   Howard, Eric ^g   Symons, John ^a   Stenberg, Karin ^h   Chalasani, Satvika ^c   Maharaj, Neelam ^a   Reavley, Nicola ^d   Shi, Hui ^a   Fridman, Masha ^a   Welsh, Alison ^a   Nsofor, Emeka ⁱ   Laski, Laura ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Wils Consulting   (United States)

^c UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g Whiting Moyne   (Australia)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

ⁱ Human Support Services   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; GROWTH; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENCE; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; GOALS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; INVESTMENTS; MARRIAGE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES;

EID: 85018530848     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30872-3     Document Type: Note

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