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Prof Candace Currie OBE
@profcandacecurrie.bsky.social
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Professor of Global Adolescent Health; Honorary Professor UCL Social Research Institute; Growing Up in Digital Europe (EU GUIDE) Consortium, biological indicators of adolescent health, puberty, health inequalities, bioecological multilevel approach
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Prof Candace Currie OBE @profcandacecurrie.bsky.social · May 13
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
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AYPH @ayph.bsky.social · Mar 20
Join us on 3 June for the next free member webinar in our paradigm shift series with Prof Candace Currie. We will look at puberty from a holistic perspective & consider what factors shape the experience for young people & how that impacts their health & wellbeing
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Blue background with multi coloured shapes. Text reads: "The age of opportunity: creating a paradigm shift in adolescent health. Puberty : Biology and adolescent health Free AYPH Member webinar with Professor Candace Currie. Tuesday 3rd June 2025 from 16.00 - 17.15
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Prof Candace Currie OBE @profcandacecurrie.bsky.social · Apr 22
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...
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Prof Candace Currie OBE @profcandacecurrie.bsky.social · Apr 22
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:
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Prof Candace Currie OBE @profcandacecurrie.bsky.social · Apr 17
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...
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Prof Candace Currie OBE @profcandacecurrie.bsky.social · Apr 17
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
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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...
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Prof Candace Currie OBE @profcandacecurrie.bsky.social · Apr 17
The impact of #poverty on #families and their #schoolagedchildren's #health, #wellbeing and #development - stark findings from teacher survey
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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
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Prof Candace Currie OBE @profcandacecurrie.bsky.social · Jan 6
#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
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Prof Candace Currie OBE @profcandacecurrie.bsky.social · Dec 13
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
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Prof Candace Currie OBE @profcandacecurrie.bsky.social · Dec 11
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
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