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Community Education Program
1. Youth Program (GPs in Schools)
Aims
• Break down barriers to adolescents seeking medical help
• Inform young people about what a GP is and does
• Provide information on a wide range of health related topics
Activities
• GPs trained in communicating with adolescents
• GPs visit Year 11 students in local high schools
• Group presentation to whole class
• Small group discussion sessions with 6 – 10 students per GP
Benefits
• Students aware of topics that they can discuss with a GP
• GPs enjoy interacting with fit, healthy young people
• GPs are paid for their time at the school
2. Early Childhood Talks
Aims
• To provide medical information to new parents
Activities
• GPs present to groups of new parents
Benefits
• Confidence of new mothers/parents
• Knowledge of medical services
• Knowledge of medical conditions in babies
• Awareness of current immunisation requirements
Click here for details of day time and evening support groups for new mothers who are at times finding it hard to cope (Postnatal Support Group)
3. The Manly Daily and Local Radio
Aims
• Inform the general public of topical medical matters through local press and radio
Activities
• Daily Health articles written by Division GPs published weekly by The Manly Daily and GPs interviewed on local radio
Benefits
• General public receives accurate information
