Assessment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health Program and its Social Determinants

This report assesses the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health Program and its social determinants, including employment and education. It critiques the program's impact on these determinants and highlights the importance of health assessment.

Assessment

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Name of the health service...............................................................................................................3
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health program................................................3
Two social determinants.........................................................................................................3
Critique of program related to employment...........................................................................3
Critique of program related to education................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
Books and Journals.................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
The assessment of health refers to the plan of care which helps in identifying the specific
needs of an individual which is assessed by the Healthcare system (Chen, Cheng, Yu and Hu,
2018). This report will include health services and their determinants.
MAIN BODY
Name of the health service
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health program
The primary health network is satisfied with the help of this program which engage mental
health services for the people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. There are various services
which are included in this program such as complex mental health, case management, clinical
care coordination, psychological therapies and many more (Rinot and et.al., 2019). They also
supervise other activities like alcohol and drug services, emotional and social wellbeing and
suicide prevention. This program helps in supporting the healthier lifestyle of people in best
possible manner.
Two social determinants
 Employment
 Education
Critique of program related to employment
It is important to be employed if an individual needs to live a healthier life. Employment
provides satisfaction to the people including the access to various resources which are necessary
for living the peaceful life (Tsangouri and et.al., 2019). Organisations provide various benefits
including paid sick leaves, health insurance, parental leave and maternity leave which helps in
saving lot of health related cost. Organisations also cover family members under the insurance
which is positive aspect for this social health determinant. Wages, salaries and other benefits and
perks helps in sustaining the better quality of life. Illness and injuries at work place is also
covered under insurance which protects the mental health of the employees. financial protection
and medical support are two big outcomes of the employment which make it compulsory for
each and every person.

Critique of program related to education
This social determinant focuses on state and interconnection between individual’s access to
education so that they can maintain their proper health. Educations helps a lot in shaping the
mind set of people so that they can lead a healthier lifestyle. Education includes higher
education, secondary education, childhood development, language and literacy (Xue and et.al.,
2019). People contributes positive efforts in the welfare of society when they are educated. It
helps them in finding the appropriate employment for them so that they can live a happier and
healthier life. People who do not educate themselves, face various health situations due to lack of
awareness and live life in lower socio economic situations. This lifestyle can further result in
increased rate of diseases, premature death, mental illness and many other issues related to
health. Gaining education can overcome these type of health problems which can improve the
quality of life. Better physical health can help people in achievement of their personal goals and
objectives.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that heath assessment is most important thing for
each and every person which helps in identification of weaknesses and strengths. This report
includes study about health determinants.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Chen, J., Cheng, L., Yu, H. and Hu, S., 2018. Rolling bearing fault diagnosis and health
assessment using EEMD and the adjustment Mahalanobis–Taguchi
system. International Journal of Systems Science, 49(1), pp.147-159.
Rinot and et.al., 2019. Soil health assessment: A critical review of current methodologies and a
proposed new approach. Science of the Total Environment, 648, pp.1484-1491.
Tsangouri and et.al., 2019. Structural health assessment of prefabricated concrete elements using
Acoustic Emission: Towards an optimized damage sensing tool. Construction and
Building Materials, 206, pp.261-269.
Xue and et.al., 2019. A new method for soil health assessment based on Analytic Hierarchy
Process and meta-analysis. Science of The Total Environment, 650, pp.2771-2777.