Violence and trauma
Violence and trauma are major public health issues that can create long term negative health outcomes. We work with young people directly affected by these issues to find out what they need from professionals to best support them now to improve their future health.
Learning from the experts
Young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing
needs following sexual abuse in adolescence
Rights during lockdown
A rights-based, survivor led approach to coping with lockdown
Youth knife crime
Exploring what taking a public health approach to youth knife crime really means
Peer support website
Developed by young people for young people to enable them to support each other
Be Healthy respect leaflet
Young people produced guide to respecting young people affected by sexual exploitation
Evaluation of our participation project to identify the unmet health needs of young people affected by CSE
Psychosocial groups for young survivors of sexual abuse: worth the risk?
A key distinction in a child or young person’s experience of a sexual trauma as opposed to a sexual trauma survived by an adult is that they are still growing. Young people rely on adults and peers...