Friday Morning Talk on child and youth well-being

FRIDAY MORNING TALK: Child and youth well-being - from infancy to adolescence

Mette Væver's research includes the mental development of infants and young children and the importance of early parental contact, while Dutch Gonneke Stevens specialises in the well-being and mental health of young people with a focus on the impact of social inequality.
The presentations will be conducted in English.

Location: Danish Architecture Centre, Copenhagen
Time: 26 January, 9-12:00

Admission to the event is free of charge.
 

Programme for the day

9.00-9.30: Arrival, registration and breakfast
9.30-9.40: Welcome by Director Morten Grønbæk, Centre for Childhood Health
9.40-10.15: Prof. Mette Skovgaard Væver: 'Early Childhood Health - What do babies need to thrive?
10.15-10.55: Networking, coffee and snacks
10.55-11.30: Prof. Gonneke Stevens: 'Adolescent Mental Health: Uncovering time trends and disparities across countries and groups'
11.30-12.00: Panel discussion, Senior Researcher Cathrine Wimmelmann, Centre for Childhood Health, moderator.

Friday Morning Talk is our recurring forum for professional knowledge sharing. We invite researchers and practitioners from Denmark and abroad to share the latest knowledge in our field: health promotion and prevention of obesity and the failure to thrive in children and adolescents. Keep an eye out here on our website or our LinkedIn page for dates and programmes for upcoming talks.