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Youth Health and Wellbeing Research Specialising in supporting young people’s health and wellbeing, the YH&WB Section of CCDE covers a wide range of community-focused, youth-developing fields of interest: from research into youth wellbeing in schools, through to youth justice and community care developments, issues affecting gender and sexuality, to applications of new media in young people’s lives. The emphasis is on empowering young people and their communities to support strengthsbased developments in partnership with elders and adult mentors. The research approaches use mixed methodologies to involve young people wherever feasible, and to encourage them to consider research pathways as possible future vocational choices. The combination of qualitative and quantitative methods brings together the strongest evidence for improving support for young people and their communities across the Northern Territory and the Asia Pacific region. 14 The Centre for Child Development and Education
Research Highlights Youth Health and Wellbeing Research In 2011-2012 the Youth Health team strengthened and consolidated their focus on Indigenous youth health and wellbeing, undertaking projects exploring sexual health, youth diversion, and the social determinants of youth health. This focus was greatly facilitated by the award of an ARC Future Fellowship to Associate Professor Kate Senior in July 2012. This period was characterised by intensive community-based research, with researchers working in communities across the Northern Territory (NT), as well as Western Australia and South Australia. This work has resulted in a deep and nuanced understanding of the lives of Indigenous young people. We have been able to translate these research findings to key stakeholders from both government and non-government organisations. Our academic outputs have included publications in international journals, presentations at conferences, and the delivery of guest lectures and workshops, both in Australia and internationally. We also participated in the first NT Youth Conference. The team has made it a priority to involve young people in our research and build their capacity as researchers. Throughout 2012, we placed a particular focus on building the research skills of young people in remote communities. We have continued to attract high quality postgraduate students, with eight students currently engaged in projects related to youth health and wellbeing. These studies are being undertaken across a diverse range of fields, including youth engagement in social media, the effects of music participation on wellbeing, and young women’s lives in remote Indigenous communities. On the basis of our reputation in youth research, we were asked to develop a research collaboration with the University of Battambang in Cambodia to explore the lives, health and wellbeing of the adolescent population, again with an emphasis on building the research skills of local young people. This project was successfully trialled at the end of 2012 and will continue through 2013. Annual Report 2012 15
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