Physical health and long term conditions
Young people living with long term conditions face additional pressures during adolescence. By working directly with young people, we can find out what support can help them manage their own conditions and transition smoothly to adult services.
Diabetes infographic
Infographic summarising the findings from our scoping review and engagement report on understanding the experiences of young people and families more likely to experience marginalisation.
Diabetes scoping review
Themes from available
data on understanding of the experiences of young people and families more likely to experience marginalisation.
Diabetes engagement report
Themes from engagement work with children, young people and families more likely to experience marginalisation about their experiences of managing their Type 1 diabetes care.
Epilepsy infographic
Infographic summarising the findings from our scoping review and engagement report on understanding 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.
Epilepsy engagement report
Themes from engagement work with children, young people and families more likely to experience marginalisation about their experiences of managing their epilepsy care.
Excess weight clinics
Messages from engagement and recommendations for practice for complications from excess weight clinics.
Excess weight engagement
Interim report highlighting importance of creative approaches for engagement.
Excess weight
Young people’s experiences of living with excess weight and a scoping review of evidence.
Asthma Scoping Review
Young people and families’ experiences of chronic asthma management and care.
Asthma podcast
Understanding the experiences of children and young people with asthma podcast
Asthma
Themes from engagement work with children, young people and families about chronic asthma management and care.
Acute care flowchart
A best practice guide for delivering supportive, young people friendly acute care services created by young people.
Acute Care
Participation project with young people to define the best acute care services
Student health
Models of good practice and actions to support students with long term health conditions
All I want for Christmas
Following the recent Change NHS consultation, Young Ambassador Ben shares his personal experience of being on a waiting list. He highlights the significant physical and mental toll it has taken on...
Improving food security for young people in Newham
Today sees the launch of a suite of reports and resources from our partnership project aimed at improving food security for young people aged 11-19 in the London Borough of Newham. The project was a...
Everyone should be heard…making Excess Weight Clinics work for Children, Young People and Families
For the last two years AYPH has worked with the NHS Complications from Excess Weight (CEW) clinics focusing on understanding the perspectives of young people and their families. We are delighted to...
Gathering stakeholders to discuss the food offer in the youth sector
There are lots of conversations now ongoing about the food offer in the secondary school setting. There’s considerable interest in how to improve this, and what we might do about extending free...
Type 1, not typecast
In 2023 Andrew took part in our engagement project ‘Understanding the experiences of young people with type 1 diabetes from communities that experience marginalisation’. As someone living with Type...
Understanding the experiences of young people with type 1 diabetes from communities that experience marginalisation
Type 1 diabetes is often diagnosed in late childhood or adolescence. The challenges of managing a new life-time health condition can be particularly acute for young people in communities more likely...
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...
Reimagining food in secondary schools
As part of the We Are Food Secure 11-19 project in Newham over 40 stakeholders got together last month to brainstorm how secondary schools can play a part in reducing food insecurity for teenagers....
Newham’s We Are Food Secure 11-19 project – how is it going?
Despite a huge focus on the cost of living crisis in the UK and the increase in food banks, we really do not know much about how food insecurity is experienced by teenagers, or the particular impact...
How is climate change impacting young people’s health in the UK?
Our youth-led inquiry will look into the effects of climate change on young people’s health. This is the result of nearly two years of work! Since recruiting a group of amazing young people for our...