Mental health and wellbeing strategy for young people
The Government are developing a new ten-year strategy to improve the nation’s mental health and wellbeing. They recently ran a consultation with the public to inform what should be included in the plan. While the strategy will be applicable to all ages, it’s no...
Ideas, information and inspiration – a young person’s toolkit on Health Inequalities
Today sees the exciting launch of A Fair and Equal Opportunity to Enjoy Good Health: A Young People’s Toolkit and its supporting animations. Alongside the toolkit are a set of lesson plans for young people in secondary education and college. The toolkit has been...
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 health in later life. This is what the World Health Organisation calls the...
Fewer young people are drinking and smoking
In this blog post, Rachael McKeown presents the latest data on smoking and alcohol consumption among young people. There are historically low rates, but these averages hide variation among different groups of young people. Reflecting on some of our recent consultation...