Sydney Sexual Health Centre

EP 41 - Youth Friendliness

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In this episode of the podcast we discuss how to make services more welcoming to young people. Wherever we work, we will have young people attend our services either as consumers or family members of those who are. We can all benefit from hearing some tips to improve how welcoming our services are. I'm joined by SESLHD youth health program manager Stanya Sharota, and peer youth educator Anna Danyushevsky to discuss their work and effective ways to engage young people. Young people experience higher rates of STIs and lower screening rates than the general population, so there are also tips on having these conversations. Below are linked some new resources from Play Safe Pro with a youth friendly checklist for general practice (that may be useful for many services) and resources for youth workers, and young people themselves. Host: Thomas Munro Guests: Stanya Sharota(Youth Health Manager, SESLHD) Anna Danyushevsky(Youth Peer Educator, SESLHD) New resources from Play Safe: GP Youth friendliness checklist https://pro.playsafe.health.nsw.gov.au/tools/youth-friendly-checklist/ Fact sheet for young people https://pro.playsafe.health.nsw.gov.au/tools/sexual-health-check-factsheet-for-young-people/ Health promotion video for playlists in GP waiting rooms or sharing on social media https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzNq8yYg0OfZSgjiUcSr1wAJBeB20kwoz The Access 3 study: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/kidsfamilies/youth/Pages/access-study.aspx Other resources: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/kidsfamilies/youth/Pages/default.aspx https://askforhealth.com.au/ https://www.headspace.com/ https://au.reachout.com/ To stay up to date with the latest information in sexual health, follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/SydneySHC https://twitter.com/SydneySHC https://www.instagram.com/sydneysexualhealth/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/sydney-sexual-health-centre We acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which this podcast was produced. We pay our respects to the elders past, present, and emerging wherever you are listening from.