1. Youth health improvement – improving health outcomes for young people Emma Hogg Programme Manager – Youth Health Improvement

2. Local Health Board Strategic Leads Group Established by NHS HS and SG Sept 2011 to drive forward the YHI agenda at strategic level. SG (Public Health), Health Scotland, local board strategic leads Quarterly meetings -7 to date Developing a shared understanding – what the issues are and what needs to be done

3. Cross Board Views Young people are important Young people have a limited profile There is a need for more clarity about the agenda There is a need to think more holistically There is a need for more interagency ownership. More needs to be done to engage those who experience the most barriers to engagement. Health services need to be more youth friendly. Mental wellbeing is a key underpinning issue.

4. Priority Areas Raise the profile of youth health Clarify the agenda Support a more holistic approach Promote youth engagement – esp. those facing greatest barriers

5. Outputs to Date Cross-Board views on youth health improvement in Scotland today Youth health epidemiology briefing paper Briefing paper on high level evidence of effectiveness for youth health improvement SG policy overview

6. Work in Progress (1/2) Briefing paper on a life course approach to youth health improvement Briefing paper on the importance of young people’s health Reviewing evidence and theory for health behavior development and change applicable to young people

7. Work in Progress (2/2) Briefing paper on youth unemployment and health improvement followed by an assessment of delivery A Consensus Statement on Youth Health Improvement Development of a strategic outcome focused approach to youth health improvement.

8. Looking to The Future Wider partnership engagement –Set up a National Partnership Group for YHI tasked with developing a shared understanding of priorities for action.

9. C&YPHSG views? Thoughts on youth health. –Along with the EYs, do you agree youth health is an important priority? –Do you agree with the issues highlighted - are we doing enough in this area or do we need to do more? Thoughts on the work of the SLG to date. Thoughts on next steps. Connections to C&YPHSG.