Are you leading research about young people’s health? Keen to take an ethical approach to your work but faced with some tricky dilemmas? Join our online course to learn more about taking an ethical practice in participation and engagement work with young people. www.rcpch.ac.uk/education-ca...

This #WorldChildrensDay RCPCH launch their children & young people’s engagement standards. Produced by RCPCH, AYPH and children, young people and parents/carers, to help health services work with children & young people in shaping the care they receive. www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/en...

New @who.int competency & outcomes framework for adolescent health & wellbeing. The framework sets out the competencies and behaviours needed for health workers necessary to advance universal health coverage for adolescents. www.who.int/publications...

Want to develop skills in engaging children & young people in #ChildHealthResearch? New #CPDapproved course on 10 & 11 Dec (mornings, online) by AYPH co-delivered by young trainers. https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/education-careers/courses/cpd-approved-course/engaging-adolescents-young-adults-your-health

Great to be part of the recent @ayph.bsky.social 'Innovation & good practice in adolescent health' event & even better to have the @nihr.bsky.social-funded PANELS project included as a case study! ayph.org.uk/innovation-a... More info: www.communityactionredbridge.org.uk/panels-project

It's #YouthWorkWeek. Youth workers, play an essential part in young people's health services, building relationships and making services welcoming. #YouthWorkMatters

“Treatments and interventions may be designed and tested primarily on older adults, which means they may not always be safe, effective, or appropriate for younger populations.” Kirsty Blenkins, AYPH Deputy CEO quoted in the Guardian today. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

To finish up Friday, here is another good practice example from our recent 'Innovations & good practice in adolescent health' event for #IAHW2025.

ONS figures show the teenage pregnancy rate has risen for the first time in 14 years. Young people want clear, non-judgmental information, easy access to confidential services & decision-makers to listen to their voices about their needs for their health & wellbeing www.cypnow.co.uk/content/anal...

Day 3 of #IAHW2025 and we are back with another good practice example from our event! Successful services have supportive, opportunistic and flexible leadership who look to adapt services to meet current need, like the South Yorkshire Children & Young People's Alliance syics.co.uk/transformati...

More good practice examples from our recent 'Innovations & good practice in adolescent health' event for #IAHW2025. Just get started and build from there, working together produces greater effects and impacts, like the South West Paediatric Mental Health Network​! paedshub.co.uk/contacts/gro...

At AYPH we advocate for adolescent health to be everyone’s business. With new guidance on RSHE being implemented in 2026, this #IAHW2025 we looked at the new guidance and asked young people for their views. ayph.org.uk/rshe/

As part of #IAHW2025 we are showcasing some good practice examples from our recent 'Innovations & good practice in adolescent health' event. Involve young people in how you develop your services. It will make them better!

It's International Adolescent Health week! Good health for young people is central to their wellbeing & forms the basis for good health in later life, improving health now, enhancing it throughout the life course and contributing to the health of future generations. #IAHW2025

We collaborated with South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub to develop a digital health charter for young adults. As a NHS 10 year health plan radical shift is analogue to digital, its vital we involve young people in digital health innovations that meet their distinctive needs. youtu.be/HKU_3e7DES0

Join us for Talk, Trust Treat: Getting adolescent and young adults health right. This online training, co-delivered and developed with young people, will help you ensure your services and health support are engaging for adolescents and young adults. www.rcpch.ac.uk/education-ca...

Last few places for our upcoming 'Innovation & good practice in adolescent health' event on the 30th of September. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/innovation... Join us at this CPD certified event and hear about innovative approaches to improve young people's health in local areas. Sessions include:

Join us on the 30th September to find out about innovations and good practice in adolescent health.

Join us on 30 September at our innovation & good practice in adolescent health event and hear from young people, health professionals and researchers about innovative approaches and good practice happening in young people's health! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/innovation...

Join us on 30 September and find out about what is happening in youth friendly services around the UK and the innovations and good practice in the youth health sector! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/innovation...

Beth shares her experiences with epilepsy and of being a Young Advisor on ‘Embedding the Learning’, an AYPH project which looked at sharing the experiences of young people with epilepsy from communities that experience marginalisation to support better care. ayph.org.uk/epilepsy-and...

Share your innovative, youth-friendly approaches to care & good practice with us and contribute to a growing evidence base. AYPH invites professionals & services passionate about adolescent health to submit proposals for our upcoming event on 30th September 2025. forms.office.com/e/id0Qskqap1

What’s going on in health services for young people in the UK? In our new blog Lizzie Wortley looks at why our upcoming innovation event is important to clinicians, commissioners & policy makers to find out what is happening in youth friendly services across the UK. ayph.org.uk/whats-going-...

Does the new NHS 10-Year plan deliver for young people? In our new blog AYPH Evidence and Policy Lead, Kirsty Blenkins reflects on the publication of the NHS 10 Year plan last week and shares messages from our young ambassadors. ayph.org.uk/does-the-new...

CYPMHC has published a review of whole school approaches to mental health & wellbeing. The report reviews current government guidance and assesses how it can be strengthened to better support educational settings.  cypmhc.org.uk/publications...

Share your innovative & good practice approaches! AYPH invites professionals, services & organisations passionate about adolescent health to submit proposals for our event on 30/09/25. Join us in shaping the future of adolescent health services across the UK! forms.office.com/e/id0Qskqap1

Great to support AYPH Young Trainers to share their perspectives on of health and employment at the #WorkHealthSummit today. www.lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundat...

Are you working in young people’s health? Do you commission or deliver services for adolescents and young adults? Join us on 30 September to share & discuss models of care and innovative approaches to supporting young people’s health. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/innovation...

At #NHSConfedExpo ? Get over to Stand 39 and meet the fab RCPCH&Us & find out about the RCPCH Engagement Academy. The Academy offers bespoke training, coaching & engagement packages to help services for 0-25 year olds develop and thrive, including training from AYPH! www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/en...

That concludes our webinar 🙌 Thank you for joining us and don't forget you can find more information about our work here: www.ayph.org.uk

"Professionals who help me the most are those who see my whole life."

"Puberty changes can be tricky for anyone, but if you have a medical condition it can be harder, affecting your body in a different way."

Next up AYPH Young Ambassador, Vanora shares their reflections on their own experiences of puberty as a young person with a long term health condition.

In conclusion: o Society has a responsibility to children & adolescents to improve efforts to protect their health with their involvement - a paradigm shift is needed to properly map out policy & practices change required

Why does puberty matter to adolescent health? o All these changes can impact wellbeing o Additionally, pubertal timing (early/ late) has implications for health outcomes

Why does puberty matter to adolescent health? o Internal changes are experienced by individual altering way they feel, think & behave o External changes affect how individuals regard their bodies & how others react to them affecting how they feel, think & behave

Puberty & adolescent health in diverse & shifting socio-cultural climates o Facing diverse & shifting sociocultural climates that may enhance anxiety & sense of isolation o Exposure to harmful social media particularly problematic o Minority stress risk

Puberty & adolescent health in diverse & shifting socio-cultural climates o Desire to explore and experiment for some young people o Need for acceptance & support from peers, family, community & society while doing so

Puberty & adolescent health in the changing digital world o Imagery on social media amplifying body image issues at time when body changing o Photoshopping & AI effects – unreality of expectations o Social imagery increasing anxiety around popularity o Constancy of exposure – mental health effects

War and conflict: o Affects lived experience of puberty o Puberty may be accelerated due to stress o Puberty may be delayed due to undernutrition o Environmental pollution impacts due to war past & present

Puberty & adolescent health in times of war & conflict: 468 million (1 in 6) children worldwide live in areas affected by war/ armed conflict, (Save the Children, 2023) 2024 'one of the worst years in UNICEF’s history' for children in conflict.

Health effects occur during adolescence & may also be long term

Impact of puberty on adolescent health is complex & depends on individual & social, cultural, structural, economic, climatic factors

While biology of puberty is universal, lived experience of puberty is diverse & varies between individuals

Next Professor Candace Currie explores the biological process of puberty, why it affects adolescent health, the diverse lived experience of puberty & how we can support young people & their health during puberty.

We kick off the webinar with a welcome from our co-chairs Claire Bethel AYPH Chair of Trustees & AYPH Young Trainers, Angela, NJ & Michelle

We're about to go live for our webinar exploring puberty and adolescent health!

Young people & their rights are at the centre of everything we do. This #PowerOfYouthDay we want to thank all the amazing young people who work with us to advocate for better understanding of young people’s health needs & equal access to high quality youth friendly services. #WeSeeYourPower

We are members of the @endchildpoverty.bsky.social Coalition. Today the Coalition have published new research on UK child poverty with @crsp-uk.bsky.social - findings are shocking; in some constituencies over half of all children are growing up in poverty. endchildpoverty.org.uk/child-povert...

The Department for Education is calling for evidence to help shape future safeguarding policy for Out-of-School Settings (OOSS). They are seeking input on existing safeguarding practices in OOSS & options to strengthen safeguarding across the sector. consult.education.gov.uk/out-of-schoo...