Mental health
Poor mental health can affect all aspects of young people’s lives, from educational attainment and employment opportunities to relationships and physical health. These resources promote evidence and data as well as young people’s voices to highlight how important it is to improve mental health support for young people.
Learning from the experts
Young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing
needs following sexual abuse in adolescence
Closing the employment gap
Toolkit for those supporting the employment of 16–25 year olds
experiencing mental health problems.
Rethinking support
Rethinking support
for the parents and carers of young
people with mental health
problems
GCSE attainment
How does poor mental health in the early years of secondary school impact on GCSE attainment?
Participation in sport
Scoping review of the connections between young people’s mental health and sport participation
Understanding the experiences of young people with epilepsy from communities that experience marginalisation
Epilepsy is one of the most common significant long-term neurological conditions of childhood and one of the five clinical areas of focus in the NHS England ‘Core20PLUS5’ approach to reducing health...
Understanding health inequalities for young people who are care experienced
As part of AYPH’s health inequalities programme we have focused on the health inequalities for different groups of young people. We are very pleased to present the findings from our exploration of...
Pulling together the main messages from key data on young people’s health in the UK
As part of our work to make the evidence base on youth health as accessible as possible, the AYPH research team has published a new article on the main UK population level data compendia that...
Ethnicity and young people’s health inequalities
In this blog post, Rachael McKeown explores the evidence on the health inequalities experienced by young people from ethnic minority backgrounds. New AYPH reports present the latest available data...
What does research say about young people’s health inequalities?
Addressing health inequalities is a key issue for decision makers and professionals working with young people. But how much is actually understood about young people’s health inequalities and are...
Young people’s views on digital ways of accessing primary care
Interest is growing in on-line methods for making contact with the GP. It’s critical we understand how this works specifically for young people. AYPH’s Jeremy Sachs shares the main findings from...
Data on young people’s health inequalities
New data published today by AYPH as part of the Health Foundation’s Young people's future health inquiry show the scale and complexity of young people’s health inequalities, and the need for action....
The experiences of young people and their families living with excess weight
Young people and their families living with excess weight experience huge stigma and judgement. As the NHS delivers new clinics for excess weight we are delighted to share the results of work with...
Engaging young people in health services research and service design
To what extent are our current systems for ethical engagement with young people covering all the bases? What do young people think are the ethical issues raised by their involvement in research and...
Reasons to invest in the health of 10-24 year olds – what the data tell us
AYPH’s Research Lead, Ann Hagell, sets out UK data-based reasons for investing in young people’s health Good health for young people is central to their wellbeing and forms the bedrock for good...