Vision:

Making the difference to young people's health

Core Business:

Advancing adolescent health knowledge, practice & policy

Values: The Centre for Adolescent Health believes:

• Young people are to be valued for who they are, not simply for who they will become.
• The social and cultural values of young people and their families are to be respected.
• Family and school provide the most important social environments for young people's development.
• The health of young people depends as much on developing individual strengths as it does on reducing risk factors.
• Research is an essential driver of better health practice.
• An understanding of adolescent development underpins practice.
• Young people have a right to private and confidential health care.
• Adolescent health practice extends beyond working with individual young people and their family to include working with the schools and local communities in which they live.
• Opportunities for ongoing education and learning are fundamental to improving the capacity of professionals to work with young people.
• The strength and capacity of our staff lies in the expertise, experience and energy they bring to our work.
• Encouraging, valuing and respecting staff diversity is fundamental to effective partnerships and collaborations.
• Communication, discussion and debate are part of working effectively together.
• Managing performance provides the opportunity to adapt, improve and change direction to more effectively deliver our purpose.