Wellbeing and Prevention: A Report on Australian Health Challenges

This report delves into several critical public health issues impacting Australia. It begins by exploring the mental health challenges faced by newly arrived migrants, highlighting the role of post-traumatic stress disorder, family separation, language barriers, and unemployment. The report then examines the effects of climate change on individual biological processes and the increased risk of injuries, particularly in the subtropics and tropics, focusing on the aboriginal population. It also addresses the high prevalence of hearing loss among indigenous children, attributing it to insufficient healthcare, childhood infections, and socioeconomic factors. Furthermore, the report discusses the growing issue of antibiotic resistance in urban communities and the global efforts to combat it. Finally, it analyzes food insecurity among youth in urban communities, identifying migration, environmental changes, and junk food consumption as contributing factors. The report concludes by highlighting the various strategies and leadership initiatives undertaken by the Australian government to address these complex public health concerns, emphasizing the need for continued investment, education, and effective leadership to ensure the well-being of all communities.

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Mental health conditions and the newly arrived migrants
I have realized that many factors determine health problems of the immigrants in
Australia factors. One of these factors is the post-traumatic stress disorder described as the stress
condition that is caused by the anxiety succeeded by the traumatic and horrifying events. As a
newly migrant there is the loss of the attachment with the family members which could result to
mental illness as well. We are then faced with difficulties in adapting to the new environment
initiated by the language barrier hence a significant challenge in communicating the things that
affect us. Unemployment condition results in an awkward living situation. The national health
commission for mentally challenged individuals in Australia am grand has already established a
system for controlling and examining mental illness. The plan has been developed for five years
beginning from the year 2018-2022. The national health survey is determined in evaluating the
prevalence of the mental illness, and this assures me that the immigrant mental issues are well
catered for.
Australia's leadership plays a crucial role to see the new immigrants are educated to help
in coping with the new environment. Some of these education services include counseling,
psychiatric services and setting a day for activities program that has contributed dramatically to
releasing the tension. Have also noticed that the supportive services are being provided to the
new immigrant to prevent them from substances’ consumptions.

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Therefore, it's evident to me that the government is well equipped to see the new
immigrant live a good life. That has been enhanced by the implementing supportive services to
help these communities cope with the mental health issues.
Climate change conditions
Change in climatic conditions globally has many effects on the individual's biological
processes and the risk of injuries. Have noted that these health problems result from
overcrowding of houses within a specific location. The stagnant water around the residential
areas, high temperatures, and humidity. Thus, creating the breading conditions for the organisms
like mosquitoes. The affected regions mostly globally are the subtropics and the tropic regions.
In Australia, the affected areas are the south-west, central and the northern part. The native
groups usually inhabit these areas. The new immigrant can live a comfortable life if we can
eliminate these factors.
The aboriginal residing in the country is mostly population affected by the climatic
change conditions. The research conducted within these regions suggests that the is at high risk
ranging from 4-69 years and 54% male individuals were affected compared to 46% females.
The first success that looked to control the dengue effectively was the effort of the Australian
government to significantly control the endemic of the disease, distribution of the vector, the
transmission and the outbreak of dengue.
There as the government of Australia we are implementing various strategies that have
been able to control the infection. Queensland dengue management that focuses on the
transmission risks, the disease surveillance, and control and the outbreak management. The
second strategy is the framework for prevention and the control surveillance that consist of the

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guidelines for power and the prevention of the disease. For instance, reducing the population of
the mosquitoes to stop the transmission of the dengue.
We shall be using the public health systems to determine the risks of dengue and
implementation of different procedures to cut off the life cycle of infective mosquitoes. This will
be achieved through the close collaboration with clinicians and other general health practitioners.
Different leadership to be engaged in the control of dengue are the world health organization,
Department of Agriculture and the local government.
Hearing loss and the indigenous children
Many of the aboriginal kids in Australia are at high risk of developing the hearing
problems. The causes attributed to the hearing loss problems are; the insufficient of healthcare
delivering services that overwhelm the primary health care. The difficulty has been experienced
by the 30-80% at the adulthood stage making 70% of the kids affected. The prevalence of the
hearing loss is high in the remote areas was approximated to be 35-75 %. The number of the
individuals concerned are the Aboriginal communities. The research conducted indicated that 7%
of our children who suffer from the hearing loss age from 0-14 years.
I discovered one of the determinants of the hearing loss is the childhood infections by the
bacteria, chronic respiratory disease, and the socio-economic factors. The socio-economic factors
include overcrowding and the exposure to the tobacco smoke.
As the Australian government, we are engaging the following strategies to control the
infection. The universal screening program for the newborns, implementing well-structured
procedures to address the hearing loss problems. The methods involve providing free primary
health care among the indigenous communities and establishing better health services to improve

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the health hears of indigenous groups. The hearing loss pieces of evidence for evaluating the
problem are easy, quick and have detailed information. Neonatal screening is cost effective and
affordable. The weakness associated with the knowledge is insufficient evidence, national
statistical profile.
Antibiotics resistance in urban communities
Antibiotics resistance is when the bacteria changes to protect itself. Thus, giving it an
opportunity to cause more harm to the person infected potentially. Antibiotic resistance is one of
the biggest problem globally. The opposition is facilitated due to the way we are using them for a
long time to counter the spread of bacteria. These bacteria can affect anyone including those in
the remote areas. However, the high prevalence is within the urban centers. In May 2015, the
World Health Assembly embarked on a global action of the plan that aimed to improve the
awareness, the strengthen the knowledge through research and the surveillance, reduce the rate
of infection and ensure sustainable control. The system to address the issue includes the
regulators' healthcare professionals, government, educators and the researchers. As leaders, we
should be able to facilitate the training, communication and educate the mass concerning the
antibiotic- resistance, strengthening the international organizations
Food insecurity and the youth in urban communities.
A survey conducted in the year 1995 suggested that about five percent of the prevalence
of food insecurity in our country. The determining factors of food insecurity are the migration
and emigration of individuals from various countries into our country, the environment changes
and the consumption of junk food by the youths

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To address food insecurity effectively, we should ensure there are better education and
sustainable employment for young individuals in the urban areas. Make sure that there is food
storage equipment in all the household in the urban areas, proper transportation and good health
among the young people.
The above issues have been achieved through the following strategies. First is ensuring
that the health food nutrients are available for all approach. That is providing food, education
about food storage and its consumption. Providing schools with food for breakfast programs and
availing food for youths and the old people. The second strategy is initiating health eating. This
is being facilitated through reducing salts in diet, encouraging consumption of more water and
increasing vegetable and access to other food nutrients. The different strategy involves the
transfer of tax by the government and supporting the homeless families through accommodation
assistance programs. The government encouraged the communities to establish the gardens to
ensure they accessed fresh food. Leadership was supposed to educate the schools and social
programs, help groups and the state together with locals thus contributing in offering economic
support to those in need.
The pieces of evidence have shown that the country is capable of tackling the food
insecurity problem among the different groups. We have to invest a lot of resources for food
production. However, we lack the excellent leadership to facilitate the security of food through
education programs.