Data and evidence
Access to data and evidence supports higher quality adolescent health and healthcare. We conduct research, evaluate services, produce briefings and compendiums of data for front line practitioners. For the most up to date evidence visit our Youth Health Data hub (a separate website). In addition to the resources listed below, many of our other studies contain scoping reviews and other evidence summaries which you’ll find on other pages.
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.
Health inequalities
Youth health data hub section with over 40 charts on health outcomes, drivers of inequality, and levers for action.
“Key Data on Young People pulls together data from many sources, saving much legwork. I wish every country had a report like it.”
Joel Budd, Social Affairs editor, The Economist
Key Data on Young People
Data on young people’s health and health service use providing a holistic picture of the age-group.
Diabetes scoping review
Themes from available
data on understanding of the experiences of young people and families more likely to experience marginalisation.
Epilepsy scoping review
Themes from available
data on understanding of the experiences of young people and families more likely to experience marginalisation.
Young people and families living with excess weight
Scoping review of on evidence relating to children and young people’s and parents’ views of severe obesity, and their thoughts on services
Ethical engagement in health research & service design
Review of existing research on the range of ways in which young people are involved in health research and service development.
Asthma Scoping Review
Young people and families’ experiences of chronic asthma management and care.
International comparisons
Analysis of 17 measures of the health and wellbeing of young people aged 10-24 including long-standing illnesses, alcohol consumption, cancer mortality, obesity and deprivation.
Influence of mental health on educational attainment in adolescence
AYPH worked with NatCen Social Research, on secondary analysis of large longitudinal datasets from the UK to explore the links between mental health problems at age 14 and GCSE results at 16.
Student health briefing
An overview of research on key issues in student health
Understanding our population data
We’ve updated our population data page ready for International Adolescent Health Week. As the most read page of the Youth Health Data Hub, we know that understanding how many young people are in the...
Data shows emerging evidence of increasing gender differences in drinking, smoking and vaping
Kirsty Blenkins AYPH’s new Evidence and Policy Lead reflects on new substance use data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study.HBSC is a school-based survey carried out every...
Improving measurement of adolescent health
The launch of the World Health Organisation’s new Global Action for Measurement of Adolescent health (GAMA) indicatorsIn May 2024 a set of indicators to improve adolescent health measurement...
The health and wellbeing of young people in low income areas in England and Wales
Keeping track of key health trends and policy developments is central to AYPH’s work. In our latest update we took a new look at the health of young people in low income areas in England and Wales,...
Engaging young people in NHS service delivery and development
Everyone is agreed that young people need to be involved at all levels of our healthcare system, from shaping the care they are receiving at the front line right up to co-designing and inputting to...
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...