What is Teen Clinic?
Teen Clinic is a nurse-led, early intervention model of access to primary health care for teenagers. The Teen Clinic model utilises existing infrastructure, clinicians and staff and is therefore a financially and resource efficient model for delivering youth services in rural and regional towns.
How did it start?
Teen Clinic was born in Bega on the Far South Coast of NSW in 2015. A spate of youth suicides around that time had a significant and lasting impact on the community. The pathways between local schools, young people and the health system were poor, and it was clear that the traditional ways of accessing care such as making appointments with the family doctor were seen as large barriers for young people. Transitioning from seeing a doctor as a child accompanied by parents to seeing a doctor alone, with new health concerns and issues, can be scary for many teens.
How does Teen Clinic work?
What people are saying about Teen Clinic
How is Teen Clinic funded?
About Teen Clinic Australia
Teen Clinic is a nurse-led, early intervention model of access to primary health care for teenagers. The Teen Clinic model utilises existing infrastructure, clinicians and staff and is therefore a financially and resource efficient model for delivering youth services in rural and regional towns.
How did it start?
Teen Clinic was born in Bega on the Far South Coast of NSW in 2015. A spate of youth suicides around that time had a significant and lasting impact on the community. The pathways between local schools, young people and the health system were poor, and it was clear that the traditional ways of accessing care such as making appointments with the family doctor were seen as large barriers for young people. Transitioning from seeing a doctor as a child accompanied by parents to seeing a doctor alone, with new health concerns and issues, can be scary for many teens.
How does Teen Clinic work?
What people are saying about Teen Clinic
How is Teen Clinic funded?
About Teen Clinic Australia
