Public Health From Health Promotion To Community Development

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PUBLIC HEALTH FROM HEALTH PROMOTION TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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Public Health from Health Promotion to Community Development
1. Introduction
Mental illness subsidizes a considerable burden of disease globally. Worldwide, almost 450
million individuals are suffering from the mental health. Research states that a quarter of the
population in the world will develop mental sickness at a stage in their lives. The main
proved risk factor that causes mental illness is depression which later causes diseases like
diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. The treatment of individuals with mental
health is available and operative. The public health has the aptitude for incorporating the
promotion and prevention of mental disorders (Kobau et al., 2011). Additionally, the public
health can conduct research and surveillance to expand the indication base about the mental
illness. This article proposes to discuss how mental health gets connected to public health,
community development, individual change, and the level of critique. The report will further
debate about the models of health promotion and explain their determinants.
2. How public health is conducting prevention on mental health
i. Guaranteeing that the critical strategic about the epidemiologic data are available
ii. Solidification of the leading public health infrastructures and institutions
iii. Inaugurating strong laboratory networks in public health
iv. Creating a capable and skilled workforce (Bloland et al., 2012)
v. Implementing strategic programs
vi. Supporting applied research and critical operation
3. Profile of public mental health protection
i. available data on prevalence
ii. risk and methods of prevention

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iii. methods on initial intervention
iv. valuation and treatment
v. consequences and facility costs (Kobau et al., 2011)
4. Community development on mental health promotion
i. Support different approaches on the actions that assist to develop and recognize
their potential and ability.
ii. Constructing on central initiatives
iii. developing and supporting the strengths of the community
iv. Location-based strategies
v. Investigation of significant services
vi. Grants on Community renovation (Bloland et al., 2012)
5. Individual change on mental health
i. Personal importance on optimism and resiliency
ii. Social relationships
iii. Outcome and Knowledge expectations
iv. Moral and own norms
v. Self-efficacy
6. Models of mental health promotion
i. Self-empowerment model
ii. Behavioural change model
iii. Ecological replicas
iv. Collective action (Kobau et al., 2011)
7. Pathogenic link to UK parliament,