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1 | P a g ePublic health policy and society

2 | P a g eTable of ContentsIntroduction...........................................................................................................................................2Policy and its purpose........................................................................................................................2Determinants of Health.........................................................................................................................3Health issue.......................................................................................................................................4Literature review...................................................................................................................................6Implementation.....................................................................................................................................8Health Promotion..................................................................................................................................9Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................12References.................................................................................................................................13

3 | P a g eIntroductionHealth is very important for everyone’s life and it is important to promote health to ensure better health services are delivered to people. Plans and policies are designed for improving the health conditions and promoting good health care services in the community. Policies are launched by government with the perception of improving political, spiritual, andeconomic conditions. It is essential to maintain health of every individual as positive changesin health directly contributes to growth of country. Health promotion and health policies are designed for betterment of an individual by reducing the risk and making the community free from pain.Living patterns are changing day by day and services to improve health are also modified. Various policies are designed to create awareness in the society and improving the health condition by showcasing the path that can be followed for better health. In this report considering the issue of mental illness and the policy designed by government for betterment (National Center for Health Statistics , 2016). Policy and its purposeThere are various health issues but in this report considering the case of mental health,government of Australia has designed unique policies to make sure that every individualattains good health (Clement, et. al, 2015). ‘Fifth National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan’ was implemented with the purpose of achieving integrity in planning and delivering services to prevent suicide and mental illness. Improving physical health of people contributes in reducing mental illness of people (Stanley, Hom & Joiner, 2015). It ensures that effective system is designed to improve performance in every field. The sole reason of

4 | P a g ethis policy is to achieve efficient and suitable mental health system to improve the services delivered to people in Australia.It can be stated that more than four million people in Australia are suffering from Mental illness and is increasing day by day (Patel, et. al, 2016). Mental health affects the social and economic consequences of the country. Thus sustainable approaches are designed to improve the life by removing the illness by targeting people. The key issues arise due to lack of planning and coordination and no optimal solutions are available beforehand. Thus polices are designed to remove the social burden of mental illness. The Fifth National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan focuses on responsibilities of promoting mental health forsupporting the care. It links the fund facilities of the state with the mental health environment.As there are many people who cannot afford the prevention methods thus these policies solves the issue by proving benefits to control the disabilities from mental illness Sareen, et. al, 2016).Australian government have outlined various issues regarding the mental health plans which are implemented to improve the conditions in an efficient way. These plans remove thestigma of mental health and supports people to live a healthy life (Gould, et. al, 2018). The Fifth National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan showcase the complexities and reasons of mental health system. This policy is designed to improve the outcomes of mental illness to ensure that proper actions are taken at ground level to avoid mental illness (Nyer, et.al, 2015). It identifies the main reasons for development of mental health so that programs and services are designed to deliver awareness among target people in an integrated manner. It analyse the existing reasons for development of mental illness and improves services by offering appropriate prevention method (Hom, et. al, 2016).

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