Youth Health

Youth Health Advisory Group

The purpose of the Youth Health Advisory Group is to provide advice to the Ministry of Health’s Population Health Directorate on the implementation of the Youth Health Work Programme.

The role of the Advisory Group is to:

• provide expertise and views on the establishment of youth health services
• give advice on implementation and other key issues
• provide advice on consulting the wider sector on key issues.

For more information about the Advisory Group's work, refer to the information below.

Terms of Reference

Terms of Reference for the Youth Health Advisory Group.

Membership

The members of the Youth Health Advisory Group are:

• Chris Habinshuti – Programme Director, Te Koru Pou Iho
• Gill Alcorn – Nurse Practitioner, VIBE Youth Health / Secretary, Society of Youth Health Professionals Aotearoa New Zealand (SYHPANZ)
• Gilli Sinclair – Project Manager, Counties Manukau District Health Board
• Peter Watson – Youth Health Physician – Whirinaki CAMHS / Treasurer, SYHPANZ
• Sarah Helm – National Executive Officer, NZAAHD
• Selio Solomon – Manager, Martin Hautus The Pacific Peoples Learning Institute
• Sharon Davis – Te Ora Hou Aotearoa (Northland)
• Sue Bagshaw – Director, 198 Youth Health Christchurch
• Tania Pinfold – GP, Rotovegas Youth Health
• Trissel Mayor – Director, Youth One Stop Shop (Palmerston North) / Secretary, NZAAHD
• Yvonne Kainuku Walsh – Council Member, New Zealand Aotearoa Adolescent Health and Development (NZAAHD)
• Mollie Wilson – Portfolio Manager, Hawke's Bay DHB.

Meetings

Meeting minutes 21 October 2008 (Word, 49 KB)

Meeting minutes 4 August 2008 (Word, 61 KB)

Meeting minutes 4 June 2008 (Word, 43 KB)



Page last updated: 18 March 2009