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. 2022 Oct 27:379:e068955.
doi: 10.1136/bmj-2021-068955.

Opportunities to advance measurement of adolescent wellbeing: building on a new conceptual framework

Holly Newby  1 , Ann Hagell  2 , Andrew D Marsh  3 , Regina Guthold  1 ; UN H6+ Adolescent Wellbeing Measurement Writing Group
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Opportunities to advance measurement of adolescent wellbeing: building on a new conceptual framework

Holly Newby et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Available data are insufficient and inconsistent, but increasing focus on adolescent wellbeing provides the impetus to advance measurement, argue Holly Newby and colleagues

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Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no conflict of interests to declare.

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Examples of objective and subjective positive indicator by wellbeing domain. These are a subset of numerous indicators currently in use and were selected owing to their relatively broad representation of the Adolescent Wellbeing Framework overall, as well as the individual domains
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