Short Description
Youthsafe is a not for profit program committed to the prevention of serious injuries in young people aged 15-25 years. Youthsafe's key focus is supporting and working with organisations and professionals who are involved with young people to develop evidence based injury prevention initiatives with a best practice approach.
More Details
. Their key focus is backed up by Youthsafe's secretariat / resource centre activities in the area of youth injury prevention in NSW.
. Advocating for change with key decision makers is also a major function of Youthsafe.
. Youthsafe considers risk management strategies are important in tackling the high incidence of injury amongst young people. Areas of concern include young people on the roads, in the workplace and in sport and recreation arenas.
. Youthsafe's main supporters are the RTA and Northern Sydney Health.
Youthsafe's key result areas are:
- Information Analysis
- Education and Technology
- Advocacy and Promotion