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 distinctly involve young people age 10-24 years. We set out some of the main...
Experiences and benefits of AYPH interns
In this blog post, NJ chats with Rachael about his experience working for AYPH as an intern on our training work. NJ discusses the highlights of the internship and why it’s important young people are involved in the work of organisations like ours. Between September...
The importance of effective transition
In this blog post, AYPH’s youth intern Angela Baird describes the process of transitioning between child and adult health services. She discusses the impact that negative transitions can have for young people with long term health conditions and advocates for more...
Are young people a priority within current government policy?
Last year we saw a number of dramatic changes within UK Government, which had far-reaching impacts on wider society. As the dust settles in 2023, we’re reflecting on what the changes mean for young people’s health policy. In this blog post, Rachael McKeown provides an...