Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
J Adolesc Health. 2010 Nov;47(5):427-32. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.08.019.
Major changes in health are underway in many low- and middle-income countries that are likely to bring greater focus on adolescents. This commentary, based on a 2009 London meeting, considers the need for strategic information for future global initiatives in adolescent health. Current coverage of adolescent health in global data collections is patchy. There is both the need and scope to extend existing collections into the adolescent years as well as achieve greater harmonization of measures between surveys. The development of a core set of global adolescent health indicators would aid this process. Other important tasks include adapting and testing interventions in low- and middle-income countries, growing research capacity in those settings, better communication of research from those countries, and building structures to implement future global initiatives. A global agenda needs more than good data, but sound information about adolescent health and its social and environmental determinants, will be important in both advocacy and practice.
许多中低收入国家的健康状况正在发生重大变化，这可能会使人们更加关注青少年。本评论以 2009 年伦敦会议为基础，探讨了未来青少年健康全球倡议所需的战略信息。目前，全球数据收集对青少年健康的报道参差不齐。既需要也有机会将现有数据收集扩展到青少年时期，并在调查之间实现措施的更大协调。制定一套核心的全球青少年健康指标将有助于这一进程。其他重要任务包括在中低收入国家调整和测试干预措施，提高这些国家的研究能力，更好地传播这些国家的研究成果，并建立实施未来全球倡议的结构。全球议程不仅需要良好的数据，还需要有关青少年健康及其社会和环境决定因素的可靠信息，这对于宣传和实践都很重要。
