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NSW has a new Youth Health Policy
The NSW Government has launched the NSW Youth Health Policy 2011–2016: Healthy bodies, healthy minds, vibrant futures, to identify priorities, guide program development and promote better health outcomes for young people aged 12–24 throughout NSW.
The policy aims to ensure that young people experience the health system as positive, respectful, supportive and empowering. In launching the policy, the Minister for Health, Carmel Tebbutt, said that the youth health policy was directly shaped by the voices of young people.
The policy can be downloaded from the NSW Government website: http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/policies/pd/2010/PD2010_073.html
(Source: Youthgas email list, 31 January 2011.)
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