Mental Health Awareness and Promotion Program Report: Auburn, NSW

This report presents a health promotion program designed for the Auburn, NSW, local government area, addressing the critical issue of mental health. The report identifies the problem of mental disorders affecting a significant global population, particularly those under 35, and the barriers to seeking treatment due to stigma and negligence. The program aims to increase awareness, reduce the stigma associated with mental illness, and decrease the rate of suicide. The program's development includes a detailed strategy involving social and mass media, along with expert healthcare interventions. The implementation phase involves planning, employee recruitment, and a year-long data collection and evaluation process. The evaluation will utilize a closed-ended questionnaire. The project is government-sponsored and funded by local authorities, covering a year-long campaign of counseling, interviews, and other promotional activities. The report references key sources, including the World Health Organization and relevant research on evidence-based practice and community health nursing, providing a comprehensive overview of the proposed mental health strategy.

Around 450 million people around the
world is suffering from mental disorder
The average age of people suffering from it
is below 35 years
Treatments are available, but grief,
discrimination, stigma and negligence does
not allow people to seek help.
 Proposed health promotion program is going to
be set up in the local government area of Auburn
NSW.
 This will help the affected people to come out and
speak up about their depression and stressors.
 The program will commence from November
2017 and will continue until December 2018
(Gerber, 2012).
AUBURN MENTAL HEALTH STRATEGY
Strategy
Using social and mass media to spread the
awareness, using expert healthcare to
understand the severity and interventions
to cure it.
Budget
This is a government-sponsored project that
will be funded by some local authorities as
well. The funding will be invested in a
yearlong health promotional campaign
including counselling sessions, interviews and
many more
Implementation
Implementation will require a month of
planning, after that recruitment of
employees to carry out the promotional
program, and after one-year data
collection and evaluation.
Objective
let people understand the severity of
this disorder
help them to speak up about the mental
illness taboo
decrease the rate of suicide in younger
generation (World Health
Organization , 2016)
Evaluation
 The evaluation will be carried out
using an evaluation form.
 The evaluation form will consist 10
closed ended questions (Yates, 2013).
References
Gerber, L. (2012). Community health nursing: A partnership of care. Nursing, 42, 19.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.nurse.0000408204.21279.8c
World Health Organization. (2016). Defining Objectives and preparing an Action Plan.
Retrieved 28 October 2017, from http://www.who.int/hac/
Yates, C. (2013). Evidence-Based Practice: The components, history, and process.
Counseling Outcome Research And Evaluation, 4(1), 41-54.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2150137812472193