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Susan M Sawyer

Researcher at University of Melbourne

Publications -  416
Citations -  28661

Susan M Sawyer is an academic researcher from University of Melbourne. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Health care. The author has an hindex of 70, co-authored 377 publications receiving 22926 citations. Previous affiliations of Susan M Sawyer include Royal Women's Hospital & Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.

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Adolescence: a foundation for future health

TL;DR: New understandings of the diverse and dynamic effects on adolescent health include insights into the effects of puberty and brain development, together with social media, which provide important opportunities to improve health, both in adolescence and later in life.
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Global burden of disease in young people aged 10–24 years: a systematic analysis

TL;DR: The health of young people has been largely neglected in global public health because this age group is perceived as healthy, however, opportunities for prevention of disease and injury in this agegroup are not fully exploited.
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The age of adolescence

TL;DR: Adolescence is the phase of life stretching between childhood and adulthood, and its definition has long posed a conundrum as mentioned in this paper, and it encompasses elements of biological growth and major social role transitions, both of which have changed in the past century.
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Smoking prevalence and attributable disease burden in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

Marissa B Reitsma, +233 more
- 13 May 2017 - 
TL;DR: The pace of progress in reducing smoking prevalence has been heterogeneous across geographies, development status, and sex, and as highlighted by more recent trends, maintaining past rates of decline should not be taken for granted, especially in women and in low- SDI to middle-SDI countries.