Forum - hEALTH reform and youth health (dEC 2010)
On Wednesday 8 December, the NSW Association for Youth Health and NSW Youth Health Council held a Forum to discuss Health Reform and Youth Health in NSW.
The objectives of the Forum were:
- To increase the Youth Health sector's understanding and knowledge of issues related to health reform;
- To facilitate discussion and explore issues relating to youth health in the context of the current reform environment;
- To identify issues for further advocacy (including potential issues related to the implementation of the Youth Health Policy); and
- To prepare the youth health sector for consultation meeting.
For more information please download Forum Program and Objectives .
Following the Forum, NAYH prepared an Issues Paper outlining Forum discussions, feedback and recommendations. Going forward, this Issues Paper will shape and inform NAYH's advocacy strategies for 2011 and beyond. For more information please downloadIssues paper - youth health and health reform.
Please see below for more information regarding Forum Presentations.
PRESENTATIONS
Solange Frost (Senior Policy Officer, NSW Council of Social Services) - National Health Reforms - an overview
Presentation slides - National health reform - an overview
Professor Les White AM (Chief Paediatrician, NSW Health) - Vision for Children and Young People's Health
Presentation slides - Vision for Children and Young People's Health
Professor David Bennett AM (Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health) - Youth Health in Primary Care