Resources
We publish a wide range of resources sharing young people’s voices and other evidence to support good health for young people and youth friendly healthcare. You can also visit our Youth Health Data Hub for accessible data on young people’s health.
“This is the stuff we live and breathe and try to address through our work …having your paper to reference will be really helpful.”
Dr Helen Jones
Our most recent resources
Improving young women’s care
Resources for healthcare professionals to improve healthcare experiences for young women in Scotland.
Innovations & good practice
Case studies of the innovations and good practice examples submitted to our innovation and good practice in adolescent health event.
We Are Food Secure 11-19
Resources including a one page summary, overall project report, key messages from young people and five background briefings.
The health & wellbeing of young people in low income areas
Review into the state of health and wellbeing of young people in England and Wales, with a specific focus on those affected by low income.
Ethics of engagement
Scoping review of research and ten top tips from young people about engaging young people in health research & service design.
Complications from excess weight
Messages from engagement and recommendations for practice for complications from excess weight clinics.
Young people’s voice and lived experience
Complications from excess weight
Messages from engagement and recommendations for practice for complications from excess weight clinics.
Ethics of engagement
Scoping review of research and ten top tips from young people about engaging young people in health research & service design.
We’re All Right
Our survivor led, rights-based approach to supporting young people affected by sexual violence.
Youth friendly health services
Key policy asks
T
hese policy asks for the Government have been informed by young people and professionals from across the young people’s health field.
Asthma podcast
Understanding the experiences of children and young people with asthma podcast.
Epilepsy infographic
Infographic of findings from a scoping review & engagement report on understanding the experiences of young people & families more likely to experience marginalisation.
Diabetes infographic
Infographic of the findings from a scoping review & engagement report on understanding the experiences of young people and families more likely to experience marginalisation.
Secondary care for young people
Report looking at ways of improving access to secondary outpatient care around the age of transfer between paediatric and adult services.
Digital access to primary care
Scoping review and engagement report on young people’s perspectives on digital access to primary care.
Reducing young people’s health inequalities
Young people in low income areas in England and Wales
Review into current state of health and wellbeing of young people in England and Wales, with a specific focus on those affected by low income.
Care leavers’ health inequalities
Data report, themes from engagement work and a webinar on care leavers’ experiences of health inequalities.
Ethnicity & health inequalities
Data report, briefing report, themes from engagement and webinar on the role of ethnicity in understanding young people’s health inequalities.
Young People’s Toolkit
A Young Person’s Toolkit including animations that highlight some of the key messages. A set of resources for teachers including guidance, lesson plans and resources.
Health inequalities training
A training course to develop your understanding of health inequalities and how they are experienced by young people aged 10-25.
Health Inequalities Programme
Shining a light on health inequalities experienced by young people, bringing together existing evidence and data, raising the profile of the issue and providing a channel for advocacy.
Data on young people’s health inequalities
40+ charts on our youth health data hub, which relate to young people’s health inequalities. The data are divided into three sections: drivers of inequality, levers for action and health outcomes.
How to talk about young people’s health inequalities
Report ‘Language matters: how to talk about health inequalities in the context of young people‘. One page guidance poster to present the main findings and top tips from young people.
What we mean by health inequalities for young people
A briefing paper providing a definition for health inequalities that is specific to young people and a conceptual framework to help us identify causes and levers that influence health outcomes.
Supporting good health
Improving young women’s care
Resources for healthcare professionals to improve healthcare experiences for young women in Scotland.
We Are Food Secure 11-19
A range of resources from the project including a one page summary, overall project report, key messages from young people and five background briefings.
Climate change inquiry
Report and poster/board game from youth-led Inquiry into climate change and youth health.