Adolescent Health

At ESDGP, we see value in properly researching, implementing and evaluating projects aimed at improving access to GPs by local youth.  A major barrier to young people accessing services, apart from confidentiality and trust, is lack of knowledge of services and how to access them.

ESDGP is working towards improving the links between GPs and local youth services. We are setting up protocols for how this can occur. The aim is to remove the randomness from the first interaction between at-risk adolescents and the health system –this is a critical point at which a “good” consultation will have an enormous impact.

Adolescent Health resources:

 “Young People’s Access to Health Care” NSW Health and NSW Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health (CAAH) 2002 –
http://www.caah.chw.edu.au/resources/

“Adolescent Health": working with young people from culturally diverse backgrounds – A GP Resource Kit” –
http://www.caah.chw.edu.au/resources/

	Youth Services Contacts
	Talk to Your GP

 For further details on Adolescent Health contact  Division on 93890874 ext. 205.