Factors in public health PDF

Running Head: FACTORS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
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Social, behavioural and cultural factors in public health

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Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Depression in the population-group (age-16 to 85years)...........................................................2
Social-determination of mental health disorder (depression)....................................................3
Issues of gender and human rights in context to women...........................................................4
Interventions...............................................................................................................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................7

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“A review of depression in the population groups of children and women, aged
16-85 years in Australia”.
Introduction
The report brings about the discussion on the review and analysis of the levels of
depression in context to the populations in Australia. Depression is characterised as a
common mood disorder, which includes the symptoms of low mood, feeling of sadness, and
the loss of interest in things, or in the activities of daily life. The population or age-group
selected for studying the prevalence of depression has been taken as the people within the
age-group, are 16-85 years, which will mainly state about women, and children, as they are
the most affected population groups in the country. Thus, the report in the later part, will give
readers information about the social, behavioural factors influencing the public health. In
addition, it will refer to the issue of gender and human rights in Australia. Health promotion
interventions will be formulated to address the problem of depression, and ensuring positive
mental health of the people in the country (Walker, McGee & Druss, 2015).
Depression in the population-group (age-16 to 85years)
Depression, also referred as clinical depression, or the depressive disorder causes
distress to the individual resulting into the symptoms of low mood, anxiety, and a major
impact on the person’s ability to think, behave and react to the things and deal with the
activities in daily life. According to the WHO, depression has been now considered as the
second leading cause of disease-burden, and acts as the major cause of the disability around
the world. In addition, the illness has relevance to the discrimination amongst people in the
society, which raises the concern of the issue of human rights (Christensen et al., 2016).
The occurrence of the illness, i.e. depression relates to different factors such as
genetics, family circumstances, biological, environmental and psychological factors play a
vital role in depression. Thus, mental disorder in context to Australia it has been found that 3
million Australians are living with anxiety and depression, and 1 in every 6 women is found
with the disorder. Depression in children in Australia are mainly found with the major
changes in their mood, thinking, and activities which leads to the sufficient cause of the
impairment and disability in terms of personal and social functioning. They represent the
problem of mental health disorders or illness in terms of difficulty in concentrating on