1997 Awards for Innovation and Excellence in Primary Health Care - Direct Care: Clockwork Young People's Health Service

Abstract

The Program: The Clockwork Young People's Health Service provides a youth health service for Geelong involving many local General Practitioners(GPs), a community health nurse, and a psychologist. The Service is situated in a youth culture venue (The Courthouse Project) in central Geelong which is close to youth workers employed by the City of Greater Geelong and to the youth information centre. The 'drop in' service provides free, long individual consultations, discussion of preventative health issues, emotional and physical health, and education. The target age group is between 12 and 24 years. The Program was implemented between 1995 and 1996 and consolidation has occurred in 1997.