Young People’s Voices
We have developed resources with young people on a number of topics using participatory and creative methods. We are experts in delivering safe, meaningful participation work with young people who have experienced violence and trauma and those who face health inequalities. If you are interested in learning more about our methods, check out our resources about engaging with young people.
Climate change Inquiry
Report and poster/board game from our youth-led Inquiry into how climate change is affecting young people’s health.
Discussion guide
Discussion guide for adults and professionals to support groups of young people to contribute responses to our youth-led inquiry into the effects of climate change on young people’s health.
Clinics for excess weight report
Themes from engagement work with young people and their families living with excess weight.
Young people and ethics
Produced with Common Room, this briefing explores young people’s perspectives on the ethical issues when they are involved in engagement and co-production.
Asthma engagement report
Themes from engagement work with children, young people and families about chronic asthma management and care.
Young people’s report
Accessible report from youth led research into the lives of young people in Kensington and Chelsea
Report on peer research
Full report on the youth led peer research project in Kensington and Chelsea
Are you OK?
Report from sci-fi animation project with young people from CHIVA creating an ideal world for young people living with HIV.
Peer support guide
Developed by young people for young people to help them support each other.
Acute Care
Participation project with young people to define the best acute care services
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...