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Young People's Health Special Interest Group of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
United Kingdom
Joined December 2011
The call for #IAHW2024 @IAAHglobal youth ambassadors is out! Please spread the word! @AYPHcharity @yphsig @acamh @Adolescent_Hlth @CforAH @adolnetworkni @AWAInitiative @Susie8_Love @AdolHealthIAP Anyone 16-24 can apply Link below👉🏽 #bethevoice
IAHW Youth Ambassadors help to identify key issues important to young people and create projects to promote these issues on a global scale. Application link 👉🏽
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Today I am publishing new research which shows that the vast majority of children in care are not getting access to the advocacy they're entitled to. This is unacceptable - every child should feel that their voice is being heard. https://t.co/rgCK0peIaq
childrenscommissioner.gov.uk
Every child should feel that their voice is heard, and their wishes and feelings are taken into account by the adults that care for them. At the heart of
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Key stat in today’s suicide update from @ONS is about young people. Suicide rates in young age groups rose steadily from c.2010. They have been a top prevention priority. New figs confirm a different trend. Rates since 2018 are stable - not falling but the rise has stopped.
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Greatly looking forward to the 15th EIP conference starting tomorrow and speaking at the #adolescentmedicine #mentalhealth session @HBSCStudy
https://t.co/4rHdQUumpK
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In 2023, eating disorders were identified in 12.5% of 17 to 19-year-olds, with rates 4 times higher in young women than young men. Read more on the Mental Health of Children and Young People in England 2023 report: https://t.co/IK9MnGuPIx
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To learn more, join our NSCA for an upcoming webinar on November 2, 9 a.m. PT, where they will discuss the research into adolescents’ sense of purpose from their new council report coming out later this month. Register here: https://t.co/fUtHQlzcID
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🔎We are looking for children/young people with diagnosed chronic musculoskeletal conditions to participate in a study exploring lived experiences of #ChronicPain 📱Interested? More info can be found here https://t.co/ZmyA8UEsWW 📷 ✉️Or email danielle.mountain@manchester.ac.uk
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@Jo_OSullivan @RCPCHtweets @BAPM_Official @pedsig Keep an eye out for the @yphsig student essay competition too
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Today we are launching two reports exploring care leavers’ experiences of health inequalities among young people aged 10-25 One report looks at available data📉 and the second shares the views of young people📢 Find out more here:
ayph.org.uk
New data and engagement reports launched by AYPH to examine the health inequalities experienced by care experienced young people.
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Fantastic work by medical student @hannahsyha on presenting in the Elizabeth Molyneux stream at #APEMasc Do 16-17 years prefer to be admitted to adult or children's wards? [Approached over 90 young people attending our department @Leic_hospital !] #RCEMasc
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Very proud to be part of this - ARFID is a new diagnosis & from this surveillance study from the British Isles we can understand much more about the needs of children - and those needs vary @DashaNicholls @JaviSanCer1 @imperialcollege @UCLPopHealthSci
https://t.co/CMBAvcMF4V
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@yphsig @DrOrlaWalsh @sarahcrichard @kate_murt @Susie8_Love @dr_smullen @PsyMedicine @AYPHcharity @adolnetworkni @GPsforYP Please spread the word and stay tuned for more updates!
Attention Attention!!! Starting in 2024, IAHW will move from March to October! Mark your calendars! #IAHW2024
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Protein shakes should have warnings, coroner says after death of teenager and calls for greater clarity about who is responsible for the NHS care of older teenagers 16-18yrs - The Times and The Sunday Times
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Protein shakes should carry health warnings, a coroner has said after a 16-year-old boy died three days after having one. An inquest was told that Rohan Godhania became unwell after drinking one of...
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Proudly presenting their work with Young people at #RCPCH2023 More examples of brilliant interventions to provide developmentally appropriate healthcare @yphsig @ImperialNHS @CC4CLondon
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A 15-year-old girl p/w fever & sore throat. She had recently gone to an outdoor music festival & shared multiple drinks & cigarettes w/ friends, who had similar symptoms. No hx of cough. Exam w/palatial petechiae. Smear w/atypical lymphocytes. What is the likely diagnosis? #MedEd
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E-cigarette use among early adolescent tobacco cigarette smokers: testing the disruption and entrenchment hypotheses in two longitudinal cohorts | Tobacco Control
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Objective Using longitudinal data from two large-scale cohorts in the UK and USA, we examine whether e-cigarette use steers adolescent early smokers away from tobacco cigarettes (disruption hypothe...
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Optimising adolescent wellbeing in a digital age | The BMJ “requires …action. Removing barriers to digital access for adolescents, equipping them with digital literacy and skills, and giving them opportunities to shape their digital environments.”
bmj.com
Empowering adolescents and strengthening governance of digital media are among the urgent actions required to tackle the digital determinants of adolescent wellbeing, argue Louise Holly and colleag...
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SAHM News – @SAHMtweets have made an important statement on healthcare for gender diverse AYA and violence and aggression towards youth and their healthcare providers.
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Who’s heading to the @RCPCHtweets #rcpch23 conference in Glasgow? Come join us at the joint session with British Society of Paediatric and Adolescent Dermatology on Thu 25 May.
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Part time locum consultant in adolescent medicine at UCLH @uclh @yphsig @AYPHcharity advert out! https://t.co/9sadGpzw4g
uclh.nhs.uk
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