Adolescent Mental Health: Insights From UNICEF’s State Of The World’s Children Report

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Dr. Joanna Lai presentation: click here
Dr. Abigail Harrison presentation: click here

UNICEF's State of the World’s Children 2021 report examines child, adolescent and caregiver mental health. It focuses on risks and protective factors at critical moments in the life course and delves into the social determinants that shape mental health and well-being. This report calls for commitment, communication and action as part of a comprehensive approach to promote good mental health for every child, protect vulnerable children and care for children facing the greatest challenges. With this edition of The State of the World’s Children, the first ever to focus on mental health, UNICEF is signaling a determination to listen – and to act.

Throughout the report there are the voices of young people that are based on focus groups held with young people around the world. To hear what they say, UNICEF turned to the Global Early Adolescent Study team to help facilitate focus groups. Altogether, 89 focus groups were held in 13 countries (Belgium, Chile, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Indonesia, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States).

This event looks to discuss the following:

• Key messages from the State of the World’s Children 2021 report.
   

• Present findings from the voices of youth (qualitative research).
   

• Highlight the goals needed to achieve UNICEF's recommendations. 
   

• Hear youth advocates share their perspectives and experiences.

This webinar complements the release of the State of the World’s Children report. By registering for this event, you will receive the video of this webinar along with the report in our after-event communications.