Research Summaries - young people's health and well-being

ChiMat is working with the Association of Young People’s Health (AYPH) to produce Research Summaries on key issues affecting young people’s health and well-being. These summaries will help promote evidence-based practice by making research findings more accessible.

Each Research Summary focuses on the key issues and trends in research and policy affecting young people’s health and well-being. They are a digest of the quarterly, more in-depth, AYPH Research Updates and have been tailored to ChiMat’s audience.

• Research summary: adolescent self-harm
  
  ^new Self-harm is a particularly adolescent phenomenon. It does affect all age groups, but studies have consistently shown a peak in mid adolescence. The majority of people who self-harm are aged between 11 and 25 years. It is also a critical public health issue. It reflects and creates emotional distress. What do we know, and what can we do?
  
  Publisher: Association for Young People's Health (AYPH) & ChiMat
  Published Date: 27/03/2013
  
  
  
• Research summary: adolescent ADHD
  
  Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is normally diagnosed in childhood, often during the primary school years. Much less attention is paid to what happens next, as the children transfer into secondary school, and then as people affected by ADHD transition from adolescent services into adult provision. This update is about what happens when young people with ADHD move through their second decade.
  
  Publisher: Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) & ChiMat
  Published Date: 20/12/2012
  
  
  
• Research summary: health implications of new technology
  
  Health implications have been attributed to all forms of new media, yet it is hard to pin down the research evidence on whether these effects have been positive or negative. The short answer is, of course, that they have been both. This research summary attempts to pull together some themes emerging from the literature, presenting the main messages and a selection of the resources identified.
  
  Publisher: Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) & ChiMat
  Published Date: 08/10/2012
  
  
  
• Research summary: adolescent sleep
  
  This summary focuses on the neglected but important topic of adolescent sleep and sleep disorders, presenting the main messages and a selection of the resources identified. This paper is not based on a formal review of the literature, but presents an overview of the issues, and a useful selection of key, up-to-date findings on adolescent sleep, the links with health outcomes, and sleep disturbances.
  
  Publisher: Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) & ChiMat
  Published Date: 09/07/2012
  
  
  
• Research summary: long-term conditions
  
  Focuses on long-term conditions affecting adolescents. It complements an earlier research summary on disability covering a selection of recent reports and research, as well as the latest data and policy guidance.
  
  Publisher: Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) & ChiMat
  Published Date: 28/02/2012
  
  
  
• Research summary: accidents and injuries to young people
  
  Focuses on accidents and injuries to young people. It begins with a breakdown of deaths from unintentional injuries in 2010 followed by an overview of the latest data on accidents and injuries. It goes on to look at recent research, including the modifying role of disability, road traffic collisions and causalities in the North West, and healthy lives, healthy people – transparency in outcomes.
  
  Publisher: Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) & ChiMat
  Published Date: 30/11/2011
  
  
  
• Research summary: mental health and emotional wellbeing
  
  A summary of the first AYPH research update focusing on the latest research developments into young people’s mental health and emotional well-being. Includes: young people’s views on the factors that influence their mental health; young people’s experiences of depression and low mood; treating depression in adolescents; deliberate self-harm: comparative data from the child and adolescent self-harm in Europe (CASE) study; life satisfaction and low mood in adolescents; sleep deprivation, health and functioning; and bullying among adolescents. (Although the full Research Update was published in January 2010, this summary was produced in October 2011).
  
  Publisher: Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) & ChiMat
  Published Date: 30/10/2011
  
  
  
• Research summary: health inequalities
  
  Focuses on inequalities in physical and mental health affecting young people. Includes analysis of: Fair Society, Healthy Lives strategic review of health inequalities; the Children Left Behind; mental health of children and young people; adolescent obesity and deprivation; psychiatric disorder among looked after children; and prevalence of disability among young people.
  
  Publisher: Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) & ChiMat
  Published Date: 31/07/2011
  
  
  
• Research summary: disability
  
  Focuses on four articles relating to: the life opportunities survey; special educational needs in England; prevalence of disability and limiting long-term illness; and disability, adolescent risk behaviours and injury.
  
  Publisher: Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) & ChiMat
  Published Date: 28/04/2011
  
  
  
• Research summary: physical activity
  
  Focuses on the importance of physical activity for children and young people. Includes an analysis of key findings and statistics relating to: health survey for England; physical education and sports survey; health behaviour in school-aged children; key influences on young women’s physical activity; sedentary behaviours and physical activity; and sedentary behaviour and obesity.
  
  Publisher: Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) & ChiMat
  Published Date: 21/02/2011
  
  
  
• Research summary: alcohol and substance use
  
  Focuses on alcohol, tobacco and drug use by young people. Includes an analysis of key findings and statistics relating to: smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England; data from the health behaviour in school aged children survey; parental guidance about drinking; impact of alcohol consumption on young people - a review of reviews; and substance use among young people with disabilities.
  
  Publisher: Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) & ChiMat
  Published Date: 21/10/2010
  
  
  
• Research summary: teenage pregnancy and sexual health
  
  Focuses on issues relating to teenage pregnancy and sexual health. Includes an analysis of key findings and statistics relating to: under-18 conception statistics; young people’s experience of emergency contraception; sexual orientation and bullying; increased contraceptive use and recent declines in teenage pregnancy in the United States.
  
  Publisher: Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) & ChiMat
  Published Date: 30/07/2010
  
  
  
• Research summary: diet, nutrition and eating behaviours
  
  Focuses on diet, nutrition and eating behaviours in young people. Includes an analysis of key findings and statistics relating to: young people’s eating and diet behaviour (based on the Health Behaviour in School Aged Children Survey 2009); young people’s perception of their bodies; statistics on obesity, physical activity and diet; projected prevalence of obesity in young people in England 2015; classifying, diagnosing and treating eating disorders; and adolescent eating disorders and related behaviours – longitudinal course and risk factors.
  
  Publisher: Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) & ChiMat
  Published Date: 30/04/2010
  
  
  

Research Updates

The AYPH Research Updates set out the latest research developments providing you with a summary of findings and links to more detailed information if you need it. These Research Updates are available to members on the AYPH website (membership is open to any individual or organisation working in the field of young people’s health across the UK).