Investing in Our Future : : A Comprehensive Agenda for the Health and Well-Being of Children and Adolescents.

• Place / Publishing House: Geneva : : World Health Organization,, 2021.; Ã2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (75 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Definitions and terms -- Introduction -- Objective -- Methods -- Target audience -- Background and rationale -- Patterns and trends in mortality and morbidity -- Facts and figures -- Redesigning child and adolescent health programming -- Health development throughout the life-course -- Life-course approach to programming -- Strategic shifts -- Guiding principles -- Translation of child rights -- Meaningful participation -- Family-, child- and adolescent-centred, respectful care -- Whole-of-government, whole-of-society approach -- The six domains of health and well-being -- Good health -- Adequate nutrition -- Opportunities for learning and education -- Security, safety and a supportive, clean environment -- Responsive relationships and connectedness -- Personal autonomy and resilience -- Universal and situational interventions -- Ecological model for delivering interventions -- For the individual child or adolescent -- For the family and interpersonal relationships -- In the community -- Organized services -- Programmatic approach -- Governance and enabling policy environment -- Delivery platforms -- Health and nutrition sector -- Building on existing services -- Creating new contacts and delivery platforms -- Multisectoral collaboration -- Education sector -- Social sector -- Other programmes and infrastructure required -- Workforce -- Accountability -- Records -- Programme monitoring -- Conclusion -- References -- Annex 1. Participants in the meeting on redesigning child and adolescent health programmes in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals, January 2019 -- Annex 2. Actions, policies, laws and regulations for the health and well-being of children and adolescents.

Annex 3. Current health system contacts and examples of integrated interventions for child and adolescent health and well-being (Ref. in bibliography) -- Bibliography.