Jenna Denley is an Inspire Foundation Youth Ambassador and
Research Study Champion. She is also a Student Paramedic in
her final months of university.
Hi everyone out there in Reach Out PRO land! My name is Jenna
and this is my very first blog for ROPRO (you'll be hearing
more from me!). I am a young person, an Inspire Foundation
Youth Ambassador and Research Study Champion and on top of
this I am a Student Paramedic in my final three months of
uni.
Today's blog is more of an introduction from me and why young
people contributing to the blog is such an awesome thing. I've
seen a lot out on road and in my personal experiences as being
the next-of-kin to a young person with a mental illness and
for us as professionals to be able to understand fully
and continually learn about the young people we work with we
require to listen to what young people have to say as
ultimately (and speaking as a young person here) we know our
age group the best!
On road we are being called out to more and more young people in
crisis (which is different to an emergency… but that gets
pretty technical and I shall leave it for another day) and we
are noticing significant trends such as; the initial act of
help- seeking (differences between guys and girls), follow up
care in the community, metro vs. rural and many more (which I
will touch on at different points). So that's it for now.
These blogs will *hopefully* be pretty regular and I
hope to be able to provide an insight as both a young person
and a health care professional.
Jenna Denley is an Inspire Foundation Youth Ambassador and Research
Study
Champion. She is also a Student Paramedic in her final months of
university.
Hi everyone out there in Reach Out PRO land! My name is Jenna and
this
is my very first blog for ROPRO (you'll be hearing more from me!).
I am a
young person, an Inspire Foundation Youth Ambassador and Research
Study
Champion and on top of this I am a Student Paramedic in my final
three months
of uni.
Today's blog is more of an introduction from me and why young
people
contributing to the blog is such an awesome thing. I've seen a lot
out on road
and in my personal experiences as being the next-of-kin to a young
person with
a mental illness and for us as professionals to be able to
understand fully and
continually learn about the young people we work with we require to
listen to
what young people have to say as ultimately (and speaking as a
young person
here) we know our age group the best!
On road we are being called out to more and more young people in
crisis (which
is different to an emergency… but that gets pretty technical and I
shall leave it for
another day) and we are noticing significant trends such as; the
initial act of help-
seeking (differences between guys and girls), follow up care in the
community,
metro vs. rural and many more (which I will touch on at different
points).
So that's it for now. These blogs will *hopefully* be pretty
regular and I hope
to be able to provide an insight as both a young person and a
health care
professional.