Sexual Assault and Young People: Current Issues and Debates
www.rch.org.au/cah/forum
Thursday 5th August 2010, 9.30 am – 1.30pm
Ella Latham Theatre, Royal Children’s Hospital

Sexual violence and young people is an issue that consistently receives much attention in the media and is a source of concern in the broader community. This half-day forum will provide a comprehensive overview on this important and challenging topic and will cover recent trends and policy changes, service provision, legal perspectives, the impact of ‘raunch’ culture and primary prevention strategies within a school environment and how to encourage respectful relationships.

For further information and booking and registration details, please see our website : www.rch.org.au/cah/forum
Please email lara.cullen@rch.org.au with any enquiries or phone (03) 9345 6671

“If I known about Frontyard and YPHS when I was 15, I would have found help then, and maybe my life would be different.” (20yr old homeless mother)

An Evaluation of clinical street outreach in Melbourne’s CBD 2009 – Written by Donna Eade

Executive Summary of the YPHS clinical street outreach (CSO) evaluation, 2009.

YPHS is dedicated to improving the health and life outcomes of homeless young people. We provide a primary health care clinic, a range of health promotion activities, clinical outreach to refuges and clinical street outreach (CSO).
CSO is an approach that can link young people to a youth health nurse – on their terms and on their turf.

Impressed with the value of CSO, nurses at YPHS have recently conducted an evaluation of the CSO program in order to evaluate its worth and to explore how its effectiveness could be improved  Young peoples’ fascinating insights have changed our approach to CSO in fundamental and unexpected ways.The key findings of the YPHS CSO Evaluation are available in the Executive Summary.

Should you require any further information regarding the project and/or a copy of the full evaluation report please do not hesitate to contact Donna Eade at donna.eade@rch.org.au