School Based Youth Health Nurses work in secondary schools across Queensland, with their focus being on preventative healthcare, early detection and brief intervention for all students in Year 7 to 12.

Confidential Student Appointments

Students can make an appointment with the SBYH Nurse in person, by emailing nurse.yeronga@health.qld.gov.au or dropping into F Block, to discuss any questions they may have about their health and wellbeing. These appointment are confidential, and the nurse will not share any information without the student's consent, unless there is a significant risk to the student's health or safety.

In most cases, the SBYH Nurse encourages students to talk to their parents or carers about their health and wellbeing issues and often the nurse supports students to do this.

Individual health consultations may include:

- Early detection of actual or potential health problems.

- Providing information, options or referrals to relevant health services to provide them with further assessment, treatment and/or support.

- Provide brief interventions and/or referrals to other services as appropriate.

Some of the main issues for which students have accessed SBYH Nurses are mental health, including social and emotional wellbeing, relationships, family issues, stress, eating issues, sexual and reproductive health, drug use (including tobacco and alcohol) and growth and development.

Please encourage the young person in your care to contact the nurse if they require any information or support for any health-related issues. The SBYH Nurse can also take referrals from teachers and parents at nurse.yeronga@health.qld.edu.au. Esther is available at Yeronga SHS on Tuesdays.