New year focus needed on child and youth health
Media release: Australian Medical Association.
28 December 2011.
New year focus needed on child and youth health.
AMA President, Dr Steve Hambleton, today called on the Government and health groups to place a renewed focus on child and youth health issues in 2012.
Children and young people confront a range of health issues including poor diet and obesity, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and bullying. The degree to which these conditions have an impact can be influenced by socio-economic factors.
Dr Hambleton said that children in disadvantaged families feel deprivation more acutely at times like Christmas and school holidays, and this deprivation may be exacerbated if global and local economic circumstances take a downturn in the New Year.
