There are many organisations that work with young people focussing on specific health and wellbeing areas.

On this page

1. Adolescent medicine
2. Disability
3. Drugs and alcohol
4. Education and schools
5. GLBTI youth
6. Healthy lifestyle and health information
7. HIV and Hepatitis
8. Homelessness
9. Indigenous
10. Legal
11. Mental health
12. Out of home care
13. Parenting
14. Refugee and multicultural
15. Safety and protection from violence
16. Sexual and reproductive health
17. Young carers
18. Youth injury and prevention
19. Youth research

Adolescent medicine

• Canteen - young people living with cancer
• Chronic Illness Peer Support (CHIPS)
• Department of Adolescent Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead
• Department of Adolescent Medicine, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick
• Department of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Westmead Hospital
• Hunter New England KidsHealth - Youth Health Team, Newcastle
• Livewire - online community for teenagers living with serious illness or disability
• My Diabetes
• PainBytes
• Transition Care
• Trapeze

Disability

• Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care
• Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association

Drugs and alcohol

• Australian Drug Information Network
• Don't turn a night out into a nightmare
• Drugs and parenting
• Family Drug Support Australia
• Nepean Youth Drug and Alcohol Service
• National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre (ncpic)
• NSW Health – Drug and alcohol fact sheets
• Ted Noffs Foundation
• The other talk (Australian Drug Foundation)
• Your room

Education and schools

• Links to Learning
• MindMatters
• Racism No Way
• ReachOut.com Professionals

GLBTI youth (Gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender/Intersex)

• Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby
• Organisation Intersex International Australia
• Qlife – GLBTI national counselling service 1800 184 527 (3pm-12am everyday)
• The Gender Centre
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Healthy lifestyle and health information

• healthdirect
• Healthy kids – eat well, get active
• NSW Office of Preventative Health
• Your health link
• Youth health brochure series - Australian Medical Association
• youth.gov.au

HIV and Hepatitis

• ACON
• Hepatitis NSW
• Multicultural HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis Service

Homelessness

• Family and Community Services - Housing NSW
• Homelessness NSW
• Reconnect
• Yfoundations
• Youth off the Streets

Indigenous

• Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council
• Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
• National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
• Poche Centre for Indigenous Health
• Reconciliation Australia

Legal

• Lawstuff
• National Children's and Youth Law Centre
• The Shopfront
• Legal Aid
• NSW Ombudsman

Mental health

• beyondblue
• Black Dog Institute
• Headspace
• Mental Health Association NSW
• Mental Health Children and Young People
• ReachOut.com
• Redbank House
• Rivendell Child and Adolescent Unit
• The Butterfly Foundation
• Transcultural Mental Health Centre

Out of home care

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Parenting

• ABCD Parenting
• Board of Studies NSW - parents page
• Drugs and parenting
• Parenting Research Centre
• Raising Children Network
• The other talk (Let's talk about Alcohol and Drugs)

Refugee and multicultural

• Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues
• Mental Health in Multicultural Australia
• Multicultural Health Communication
• NSW Refugee Health Service
• Settlement Services International
• STARTTS

Safety and protection from violence

• CREATE Foundation (for children and young people in out-of-home care)
• Family and Community services for young people
• Domestic Violence NSW
• White Ribbon - Australia's campaign to stop violence against women
• Youthsafe

Sexual and reproductive health

• Family Planning NSW
• Play Safe

Young carers

• Children of parents with a mental illness
• Young Carers NSW
• Young carers of family and friends with a mental illness

Youth injury and prevention

• Youthsafe

Youth research

• Association for young people's health - key data on young people
• Australian Bureau of Statistics: Children and Youth
• Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
• Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY)
• Australian Youth Research Centre
• Family and Community Services (Research Centre)
• Longitudinal surveys of Australian youth
• Mission Australia Annual Youth Survey
• NSW Health Survey Program
• Primary Health Care Research and Information Service (PHC RIS)