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Surveys of parents and young people asking for their views on vaccines and the diseases they protect against.
Adolescents’ experiences of covid-19 and the public health response in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Policy and programming implications from the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence programme baseline findings
The article draws on qualitative research on 150 girls and boys, along with their caregivers and key informants
Statistics on children under local authority care at national and local authority level.
Evidence and guidance for healthcare professionals who treat young teens: includes resources and best practice.
This paper uses a unique dataset from Andhra Pradesh, tracking a cohort of children from the ages of 8 to 19 years
This report explores the adolescents' experiences as they transition from early adolescence through puberty and into early adulthood
The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is 10 years old. Children are treated differently from adults, are dealt with by youth courts and sent to special secure centres for young people.
It's illegal to buy alcohol if you're under 18 and you can be stopped, fined or arrested by the police for drinking in public
This chapter explores how adolescent girls and boys experience age-based and gender-based violence in two East African countries
Guidance for local teenage pregnancy prevention programmes to help young people avoid unplanned pregnancies and develop healthy relationships.
Evidence and considerations for extending the HPV vaccination programme to adolescent boys, from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s (JCVI).
Baseline findings from World Vision's Rupantaram adolescent lifeskills curriculum
Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16
This document contains examples of effective local practice identified by the Teenage Pregnancy National Support Team.
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