Sitting in a packed foyer during the lunch break at the Association for Young People's Health's (AYPH) first conference, its chair Professor John Coleman points out how strongly professionals feel about young people's health.
"One of things that's encouraging is the wide range of professionals who are here," he says. "That shows the groundswell of feeling."
Among the 200 delegates are teenage pregnancy co-ordinators, nurses, drug education workers, teachers, youth workers, GPs and social workers.
Coleman, who was ratified as the first chair of the association at the conference on 6 February, says the formation of the AYPH has been a long time coming, with the idea first discussed about seven years ago.
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