Prof Candace Currie OBE

On June 3rd I am part of an AYPH webinar looking at #puberty, its role in #adolescent #health and multilevel social and cultural influences on its timing and how it is experienced by adolescents. Details on how to join below

Adherence to a #Mediterraneandiet among #adolescents in #Greece is associated with higher #socioeconomicstatus as measure by FAS (Family Affluence Scale): doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...

Appropriate #tools needed to measure inequalities or they effectively ‘do not exist’, go neglected/ unaddressed - using #FAS (Family Affluence Scale) #adolescenthealth #inequalities have been powerfully evidenced in a large number of countries with resultant #policy action:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

Family Affluence Scale #FAS developed in European/ N American context to study #adolescent #healthinequalities, has been used as basis to develop an equivalent #SES measure in #African context to study health inequalities of young people:
www.researchgate.net/profile/Juli...

Family wealth and adolescent physical health Inequalities in the distribution of wealth among families with children may have deleterious health consequences, especially for adolescent children. Marked by significant psychosocial and physiolo...

An exploration of #family wealth (less studied than income) inequalities is focus of new paper - it finds #inequalities in distribution of #wealth may have deleterious #health consequences especially for #adolescents
doi.org/10.1080/1743...

A third of UK school staff report ‘physical underdevelopment’ in poor students A survey of more than 14,000 staff also found schools having to step in to provide basic household items

The impact of #poverty on #families and their #schoolagedchildren's #health, #wellbeing and #development - stark findings from teacher survey
www.theguardian.com/education/20...

#Child #braindevelopment, susceptibility to #mentaldisorders and #parental #socioeconomicstatus are explored in important new paper: doi.org/10.1002/jcv2... - with relevance to policy making emphasised

How can we #measure #adolescenthealth #inequalities in a #cross-nationally #comparative way and use findings to influence #policy - our recent paper charts development and use of the #Family #Affluence #Scale - #FAS within #HBSC & other studies worldwide
doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

To understand & improve #child & #adolescent #wellbeing with sustainability in mind it is crucial to consider interactions btw biological, psychological, social & cultural processes & the #multilevel determinants from individual to macro: osf.io/eyk52