Covid-19 Vaccination recommendations for young people are changing.  AYPH’s Vicky Robinson provides an update on the current situation and looks at the picture in the four countries of the UK. On 19 July the governments of England, Wales,… Read More

Lucy Ross is a research intern at AYPH, helping to collate data for the next edition of ‘Key Data on Young People’, which AYPH publishes every two years. In this blog she explains some of the challenges of… Read More

In our new briefing, AYPH’s Ann Hagell and our colleague James Kenrick pulled together some key messages about improving support for parents and carers of young people with mental health problems.  At the Association for Young People’s Health… Read More

Emma Rigby, George Fielding and Charli Clement We are so excited to be celebrating the Power of Youth day and thinking about all things youth, health and social care!  We have been working together as the new chairs… Read More

Dr John Coleman Publisher:  Routledge Publication Date:  27th May 2021 We are delighted to share a blog from our patron and former chair Dr John Coleman to mark the launch of his new book.  Making sure that we… Read More

  The Covid-19 pandemic forced everyone to change their way of living. Some of those most affected have been students, as school and university was cancelled and teaching was moved online. Currently, schools have reopened, but most university… Read More

Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) has been compulsory for KS3 & KS4 (ages 11 – 15) since September 2020 and Relationships and Health Education has been compulsory at KS1 and 2. However, this has been an incredibly… Read More

For the vast majority of children and young people Covid-19 vaccination is not recommended at the moment due to the low level of risk facing young people.  Currently those aged 16 and above who are clinically extremely vulnerable… Read More

Recognising the tyranny of the mean, worrying about the exacerbation of health inequalities, and watching out for the slow-burn effects:  what we learned from summarising the evidence on the impact of Covid-19 on young people.  AYPH’s Research Lead,… Read More

In November AYPH held a webinar exploring what the evidence is telling us about how the pandemic and lockdown are affecting young people. The webinar looked at the challenges the virus poses for young people, the impact of… Read More