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Young People's Health Special Interest Group

Welcome to the home page of the Young People's Health Special Interest Group of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. The YPHSIG aims to raise the profile of young people's health and promote the development of high quality health services for young people in the UK. We are an association of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and membership is open to paediatricians and other healthcare professionals working with young people. For further details on becoming a member of the Young People's Health Special Interest Group or to apply on line click here. For more information on our forthcoming conference see our events pages.

Latest News

  • Abstract Submission now open for YPHSIG and AYPH Conference London 2013 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – DEADLINE 28 JUNE 2013 The eventYPHSIG and AYPH are very pleased to be teaming up this October to deliver a two day multi-disciplinary conference in ...
    Posted 10 May 2013 04:42 by Damian Wood
  • May Edition of YPHSIG Adolescent Health Newsletter The May 2013 Edition of the YPHSIG Adolescent Health Newsletter is now available to download. The newsletter is edited by Janet McDonagh Clinical Senior Lecturer in Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology ...
    Posted 5 May 2013 14:30 by Damian Wood
  • Joint YPHSIG and Child Public Health SIG Session at RCPCH Glasgow 2013 The YPHSIG and CPHSIG joint session at this year's RCPCH Conference will be held on Friday 7th June from 13:00 to 16:30. There will be four abstract ...
    Posted 5 May 2013 14:18 by Damian Wood
  • Exciting job opportunity: Clinical Research Fellow in Adolescent Health, UCLH, London We are delighted to announce that there is an exciting opportunity to join Prof Russel Viner's Adolescent Medicine team in the GAP Unit at University College Hospital London. The ...
    Posted 29 Apr 2013 00:51 by Damian Wood
  • Save the Date: YPHSIG/AYPH Conference - London 2013 We are delighted to announce the 6th Annual YPHSIG conference will be held on 17-18th October 2013 at the Coin Street Conference centre www.coinstreet.org located on the ...
    Posted 23 Apr 2013 15:32 by Damian Wood
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Evidence Based Adolescent Health

  • Walk or cycle to school: increase in activity but also an increase in injuries Kathleen Gropp and colleagues report in Injury Prevention on the findings from a Canadian segment of the WHO Health Behaviors in School-aged Children Survey (HBSC). This cross sectional study ...
    Posted 16 Mar 2013 09:11 by Damian Wood
  • Fast food associated with asthma and allergic disorders Phillipa Ellwood and colleagues from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies of Children (ISAAC) reporting in Thorax (doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202285) looked at the association of reported ...
    Posted 16 Mar 2013 08:52 by Damian Wood
  • Impaired cognitive function and mild traumatic brain injury: cause or effect? Prof Anna Nordstrom and colleagues from Umea University, Sweden report in the BMJ (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f723) the results of a national prospective cohort study ...
    Posted 16 Mar 2013 08:33 by Damian Wood
  • Pandemic Influenza Vaccine link to Narcolepsy in Children and Young People In a retrospective analysis of 245 cases of narcolepsy in children and young people aged 4-18 years attending sleep and neurology centres in England published in the BMJ Miller ...
    Posted 16 Mar 2013 08:19 by Damian Wood
  • Review: Idiopathic Adolescent Scoliosis Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine (DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp1209063) Dr Timothy Hresko from Boston Children's Hospital provides a review of the current management of Adolescent Idiopathic ...
    Posted 16 Mar 2013 07:42 by Damian Wood
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    Not Just a Phase
     
    The Guide to the Participation of Children and Young People in Health Services produced by the YPHSIG and the RCPCH is now available to download.
     
    The guide can be downloaded as a .pdf file for free - just visit our participation section. The guide is also available to download and view on the RCPCH website. Printed copies are be available for purchase from the RCPCH.
     

    The YPHSIG is often asked to comment on policies, guidelines and clinical standards relating to the health of young people. The latest consultation requests are posted here and emailed to members on a weekly basis. If you are a member of the YPHSIG and would like to contribute as the YPHSIG topic expert on a particular consultation please email the convenor damian.wood@nhs.net and he will inform the RCPCH Clinical Standards team.

    Current Consultations on Clinical Standards

    • Faecal Incontinence: Invitation to comment on topic overview for NICE quality standard We invite you to help the College by commenting on the topic overview for the NICE Quality Standard Faecal incontinence.   A NICE quality standard is a concise set of statements ...
      Posted 3 May 2013 01:50 by Damian Wood
    • Smoking Cessation in Secondary Care (Acute, Maternity and Mental Health Services): Invitation to comment on draft NICE Public Health Guidance As SIG Convenor for the Young People's Health Special Interest Group, we invite you to help the College by commenting on the draft version of the above named public ...
      Posted 29 Apr 2013 01:59 by Damian Wood
    • Horizon scanning: upcoming consultations from the RCPCH Clinical Standards Team The College expects to be invited to consult on the below clinical guidelines, technology appraisals, public health guidances and quality standards over the next few months. As always, we invite ...
      Posted 29 Apr 2013 01:52 by Damian Wood
    • Autism management in children and young people: Invitation to comment on draft NICE clinical guideline As SIG Convenor for the Young People's Health Special Interest Group, we invite your comments on the draft clinical guideline, Autism – management of autism in children and young people ...
      Posted 29 Apr 2013 01:46 by Damian Wood
    • Heavy Menstrual Bleeding: Invitation to comment on NICE Quality Standard As SIG Convenor for the Young People's Health Special Interest Group, we invite your comments on the draft NICE quality standard, Heavy menstrual bleeding.This is an opportunity for ...
      Posted 29 Apr 2013 01:42 by Damian Wood
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