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participant,
It is our privilege and honour to invite you to the 8th IAAH World Congress in Lisbon, Portugal entitled “Positive Youth Development: Empowering Youth in a World in Transition.”
This meeting promises to be the most exciting event in the world of Adolescent Health so far. Over the four days from the 11th - 14th May 2005 many people from around the world will be gathered to discuss ways in which they can empower young people to achieve healthy development in a changing world.
Much has been researched about the concepts of "Risk and Resiliency". This meeting will be examining how those concepts can be applied in the context of health development in a young person's environments of home, school and community. This may be from the view of a health clinician, a teacher, a young person, a
counsellor, a policy maker or a social worker. All these
people are involved in empowering young people and we hope this will be the time and place for all those sorts of people to meet, exchange ideas for research,
programmes, policy and practice.
You cannot miss out on this opportunity to be inspired, energised, informed and up skilled in your task of assisting young people to develop in the most optimal way for them, wherever you are in the world.
Please either submit an abstract so that you can share your work with others or simply start saving to come. Online registration is available now via the web site. We welcome both clinical / scientific papers and public health / programme papers.
Whether you are a young person under 25, a researcher, a policy maker, a doctor, nurse, counsellor or social worker or any other profession that tries to assist young people - plan to be in Lisbon Portugal 11th -14th May 2005.
Sue Bagshaw
President IAAH |
Helena Fonseca
President of Organizing Committee |
Linda H. Bearinger
President of Scientific Committee |
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