Community health services
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Child and Youth Community Health clinics continue to be available for families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some community services may be providing alternate options for families including, phone or telehealth appointments. For more information on service changes, please visit our dedicated COVID-19 updates page.
Please note, visitation restrictions continue to be in place at all Children’s Health Queensland facilities, including the Ellen Barron Family Centre and Community Clinics.
The Child and Youth Community Health Service (CYCHS) unites a variety of specialist community-based healthcare services and health promotion programs to help children, young people and their families lead better lives.
Our multidisciplinary teams of child and youth health nurses, Indigenous and multicultural health workers, early intervention clinicians, allied health, doctors and other professional staff deliver a comprehensive range of health promotion, assessment, intervention and treatment services for children and families in the Greater Brisbane metropolitan area and in other locations across Queensland.
Who we care for
We provide access to community care for almost 500,000 children in the Greater Brisbane area – that’s about 42 per cent of all children in Queensland. Services are delivered in community health centres, clinics, schools and shopping centres from Kilcoy and Bribie Island in the north, south to Beaudesert, east to the Moreton Bay Islands and west to Brookfield.
Our community-based services include:
Our teams also reach children and families across Queensland through a number of specialist statewide services and programs. These include:
- Centre for Children’s Health and Wellbeing
- Healthy Hearing Program (newborn hearing screening)
- Deadly Ears (Indigenous ear health)
- The Ellen Barron Family Centre
- Good Start (for Pacific Islander and Maori Communities)
- Primary School Nurse Health Readiness Program (prep vision screening)
- Queensland Hearing Loss Family Support Service
Find a service
Are you looking for a health service we provide? Please explore our comprehensive services guide.