This website connects teens with chronic illnesses and disabilities throughout Australia
This web resource is one of the outcomes of the DADHC funded National Disability Services Aboriginal Resources and Pathways project that identified and promoted effective ways for disability service providers to improve the rates of access and outcomes for Aboriginal people. This web operates as an online resource to assist disability services to improve the delivery of services and support for Aboriginal families. The main functions are:
The Safer transitions website focuses on reducing the risk of adolescent injury for young adolescents, from about 10 to 14 years of age. Adolescence is very much about transition and change. These changes often lead to young people getting injured - whether it's when they are getting about, playing sport or doing more to help out, including working for pay. For parents the site focuses on injury risks and the adolescent transitions parents may recognise in their child - wanting more independence, the increasing influence of peers, communication matters and the still developing adolescent brain. Safety checklists are provided for walking, cycling, rural activities, sport and working and can be used to help find ways of reducing these injury risks. For health and education practitioners and
As a clearinghouse ACYS aims to support youth organisations, youth workers, youth researchers and young people themselves, as well as policymakers, researchers and practitioners in other sectors working with youth.
Based at Children's Hospital at Westmead - funded by NSW Health. focus is on 1) Developing information and resources to increase knowledge and understanding of youth health issues 2) Capacity building to increase organisational skills and confidence in addressing young people's health needs 3) Supporting applied research and promoting better practice in youth health care 4) Supporting advocacy and policy development to increase leadership and action for adolescent health
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