Glasgow Caledonian University’s GCU London campus has been designated a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre (WHOCC) in Sustainable Child and Adolescent Health and Wellbeing. GCU London’s Professor in Public Health Antony Morgan and Professor in Global Adolescent Health Candace Currie are Co-Directors of the new Centre.
Health and wellbeing of young people had gained momentum as a global priority in recent years and in establishing the new Centre, WHO recognises the need for an interdisciplinary approach to tackle real-world challenges that children and adolescents face.
Sustained investment in children and adolescents during their critical development years can bring about a range of positive health and related outcomes which help them as they grow up but also thrive in adulthood. The new WHOCC presents an opportunity for GCU to take a leading role in developing research that informs policy and practice in how to optimise the supportive environments we know are necessary for that to happen- Professor Morgan | Building on research we have conducted over the past 25 years on
international child and adolescent health, the centre consolidates this
effort to provide a focus for future work that aims to benefit young
people around the world through WHO programmes and practice- Professor Currie
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