About young people's health
Learn about young people’s health and why it’s so important for your healthy future.
What we're doing
We’re helping you stay healthy physically and mentally through consultation, policies and programs.
Health topics for young people
Find information relevant to young people from all our topics.
Contacts
headspace
headspace is a support service for young people. It covers a critical gap, by providing tailored and holistic mental health support to 12–25 year olds.
Positive Choices
Positive Choices is an online portal to help Australian schools and communities access accurate, up-to-date evidence based alcohol and other drug education resources.
National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline
This hotline provides confidential support for people struggling with addiction. You can call the Alcohol Drug Information Service (ADIS) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on 1800 250 015.
Latest resources
Latest resources
Principles and guidelines for a younger person’s access to Commonwealth funded aged care services
The document provides guidance to all parties who have roles and responsibilities over younger people seeking to access aged care services.
National Tobacco and E-Cigarette and Youth Vaping – Campaign Developmental Research – Report
This report outlines the research we undertook to help develop our current campaigns.
LGBTIQA+ Health and Wellbeing 10-year National Action Plan Expert Advisory Group (EAG) communique – 18 October 2024
This communique summarises the meeting of LGBTIQA+ Health and Wellbeing 10-year National Action Plan Expert Advisory Group (EAG) on 18 October 2024
Australian Government response to the Inquiry into childhood rheumatic diseases – Interim Report
This is the government response to the interim report on Inquiry into childhood rheumatic diseases.