Young People and Health

Produced by the National Children’s Bureau, Practice Examples of collaboration between children and young people's health and voluntary sector services shows how health and the VCS can work together to develop and deliver effective services for children and young people. To download the report visit http://ncb.org.uk/media/1157288/practice_examples_health_vcs_collaboration.pdf.

The European Youth Tacking Obesity partnership has been formed in response to research highlighting a need for effective and targeted social marketing approaches, created with young people's active involvement. A range of resources produced by the partnership can be accessed at www.ncb.org.uk/eyto.

How to promote young people’s wellbeing in primary care, produced by the Mental Health Foundation, has been designed to help GPs and other primary care practitioners develop practice that is young person friendly, and better identify and address the mental health needs of the young people who come to see them. To download the guide visit www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publications/how-to-guide-two.

The Patient Information Forum’s Guide to Producing Health Information for Children and Young People focuses on the practical aspects of creating good health information, including involving children, choosing the right format, writing for children and tackling sensitive issues. It covers use of stories and play, social media and apps, how and when to give information, use of schools and the internet as channels and communications for children with disabilities and special needs. The guide costs £20 but a free five page summary is available. For further information visit www.pifonline.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/pif-resources.

The mental health charity Time to Change has created free downloadable resources for those who work or volunteer with young people aged 14-18. To access the resources visit www.time-to-change.org.uk/resources/guides-and-toolkits/youth-professionals.