Lee-ann O’Brien Adolescent Nurse Specialist Teen Health Fest Lee-ann O’Brien Adolescent Nurse Specialist

Teen Health Fest 2016 “Aroha Mai Aroha Atu: Giving Back is Giving Forward”. It’s all about giving: whether it's the way you support your family, your friends or your community, whether it's the volunteer work you do, the help you give to your neighbours or the way you create space for others who are different from you, whether it's about sharing your opinions, your voice, your stories or casting your vote when you have the opportunity. For the older generation it's about how we engage with the young people in our lives - whether it's sharing our stories, supporting them to achieve their dreams or being a listening ear when life gets tough. It's also about celebrating what all the people who work with young people bring to support our young people and our communities in Aotearoa. Ara Taiohi

Objectives To provide young people with an opportunity to: Ask questions from health professionals about any health concerns they may have Gain confidence in accessing health care Increase the young person’s health literacy Provide access to treatment and intervention as required that is free and confidential Connect with health professionals in a youth friendly setting

Teen Health Fest 2016 There were 9 health clinics held in a 7 day period 2 of the schools opting for a full day ‘Teen Health Fest’. A total of 369 young people were seen during this period 59 volunteer clinical and health promotion staff 850 sausages and bread were fed to the students 10 workshops were held in 3 schools with 500 participants Over 1200 young people accessed the health promotion team over 9 days!

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Presenting Concerns Of the 369 health consults completed at the Teen Health Fest, the most common issues identified were Vision (24%), General Health check (18%) and Musculoskeletal (16%). Of the vision screening that was completed 36% failed and required a referral to Optometry.

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