About the Youth Advi­so­ry Group

The Youth Advi­so­ry Group (YAG) is a joint ini­tia­tive of the CEIH and the Ado­les­cent Tran­si­tion Care Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­work (SCN) estab­lished in 2023 to help us under­stand the voice and health­care expe­ri­ences of young South Aus­tralians, to dri­ve change and improve their health­care outcomes.

The group pro­vides rep­re­sen­ta­tion on the Ado­les­cent Tran­si­tion Care Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­work as well as col­lab­o­rat­ing with the oth­er Statewide Clin­i­cal Networks.

The YAG is for young peo­ple between the age of 12 to 25 years, who reg­u­lar­ly engage with health­care services.

Vision

• To engage with and rep­re­sent the voice and inter­est of young peo­ple engaged with South Aus­tralian health­care services.
• To inform, advo­cate, and col­lab­o­rate to improve health out­comes, ser­vices, and con­sumer engage­ment for youth in South Australia.

Pur­pose

The over­ar­ch­ing pur­pose of the group is to:

• Pro­vide advo­ca­cy to ensure high qual­i­ty care that is evidence-based.
• Pro­vide advice, guid­ance, and com­mu­ni­ty voice for the Min­is­ter of Health and Wellbeing.
• Rep­re­sent the voice and lived expe­ri­ence of young peo­ple in South Australia.
• Pro­vide youth an oppor­tu­ni­ty to advo­cate, advise and pro­vide youth/​peer sup­port in the health­care sector.
• Pro­vide youth rep­re­sen­ta­tion on the Ado­les­cent Tran­si­tion Care Statewide Clin­i­cal Network.
• Work in col­lab­o­ra­tion with the Ado­les­cent Tran­si­tion Care Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­work to engage in and pro­vide advice on projects/​research and devel­op­ment of a tran­si­tion framework.
• Pro­vide advice, par­tic­i­pate and have input into the CEIH ini­tia­tives (i.e. projects, meet­ings, research, plan­ning and development).
• Col­lab­o­rate with the Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­works to iden­ti­fy and address key sys­tem pri­or­i­ties relat­ed to the Clin­i­cal Network.

Mem­ber­ship

The YAG com­pris­es the fol­low­ing members:

• Asha
• Iso­bel­la
• Lach­lan
• Max
• Oliv­er
• Olivia
• Roman
• Zac

Here are our mem­bers intro­duc­ing them­selves!

Cur­rent Projects and Collaborations

The YAG are involved in sev­er­al ini­tia­tives both with­in the CEIH and Depart­ment for Health and Well­be­ing (DHW). These are:

• Col­lab­o­rat­ing and inform­ing the devel­op­ment of the statewide tran­si­tion framework.
• Pro­vid­ing youth rep­re­sen­ta­tion on the Ado­les­cent Tran­si­tion Care SCN.
• Co-design­ing the con­sumer ques­tion­naire and inform­ing the direc­tion of the tran­si­tion med­ica­tion man­age­ment project.
• Review­ing images used to reflect and rep­re­sent youth in the health space.

Have a question?

Or want to get involved? Email us at CEIH.​AdolescentTransition@​sa.​gov.​au.