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Objectives The HEEADSSS (Home, Education, Employment, Activity, Drugs, Sex and gender, Self-harm, Safety) assessment is widely used as a psychosocial screening tool for young people presenting to Children's Emergency Department (CED). Its use provides a framework for clinicians to use in identifying areas of vulnerability and is an opportunity to build rapport with children and young people (CYP). However, recurrent audits within the CED of a tertiary children's hospital indicated poor knowledge and lack of clinician confidence in signposting resources. Encouraging health literacy amongst CYP builds resilience and results in more effective use of services.1 The Association for Young People Health suggests YP's '…favourite source of advice on health issues is the internet' and 15–19 olds were most likely to report that they stopped asking for help 'because they didn't know where to go'.1 This project aims to create a developmentally appropriate online resource pack with and for CYP based around the well- established HEEADSSS framework. The aims of this resource include improving youth engagement with local support organisations and increasing clinician confidence in social prescribing. Methods A website resource pack was designed to promote ease of deployment across multiple sites. The graphics for the site were designed by a medical student according to modern design styles that are familiar to a young population. The site was designed to be accessed on mobile devices, the primary method of internet access by young people.2 QR codes (shown below) were printed onto small cards for distribution at the point of care by clinicians. With a focus on participation, the site was showcased to a focus group of young people aged 12 to 16 years, aximizeng the importance of user participation in healthcare initiatives and design. Results The HEEADSSS resource pack has been deployed across two sites in the UK. Staff and CYP user feedback has been positive and multi-site qualitative evaluation is ongoing to demonstrate an improvement in the use of the tool in CED. Conclusion We have created a reproducible online resource pack for CYP and a method to aximize access for CYP at every attendance to the CED. This is consistent with the 'Making Every Contact Count'3 approach. Adding further resources is a simple password protected process. Sharing the platform would enable reproduction of similar packs and use across other Trusts in the UK, improving clinician use of the HEEADSSS screening tool and augmenting national psychosocial screening for CYP. References Making Every Contact Count (MECC): Consensus statement, NHS England, 01/01/2019. Improving young people's health and wellbeing, Public Health England, 02/01/2019. Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2022, Ofcom, 30/03/2022.
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