This report is the product of workshops held earlier in the year, and includes not only the key areas of concern, but recommendations on how these can be addressed by research, policy and health services.

This framework has been co-produced with young people and other experts to present a set of values and practical questions and to prompt responses and decision making that promotes ethical practices of engagement with young people.

This program developed and tested a program of four online, youth-centred social campaigns to promote young people’s safety and wellbeing.

Young people possess capabilities, knowledge and creativity to live healthy and happy lives. However, in Australia, similar to elsewhere in the world, young people report high levels of psychological distress brought about through such everyday events as: managing uncertain life transitions; peer pressures and influences; bullying and cyberbullying; and discrimination.

Whilst most young people are doing well, a concerning number are vulnerable to or directly affected by ill mental health (Lawrence et al., 2015). The experience of mental illness can have long lasting impacts including social disconnection and poorer life outcomes (AIHW, 2015). Alongside strategies in early intervention and prevention (Australian Government Department of Health...