Mental Health Promotion Report: Analysis of Health Strategies

This report focuses on mental health promotion, addressing the prevalence of mental distress in Australia and outlining strategies to combat it. It examines behavioral issues, such as agitation and disruptive behavior, and identifies barriers like financial constraints and social stigma. The report advocates for health promotion through education, policy development, and community health care, emphasizing the importance of addressing the negative influences on mental health. The report aims to reduce mental distress among adolescents and adults, leading to improved health outcomes. The report references key studies and resources to support its claims.

HEALTH
PROMOTION
MENTAL HEALTH

INTRODUCTION
 Approximately 45.5% people of
Australia experience mental
distress.
 8.7 million people aged 16 to 85
faced mental disorder in previous
year as per the 2017 survey.
 Anxiety, depression, social
isolation and substance abuse are
the primary symptoms.
 13.9% of children aged 4 to 17
also experienced mental disorder
(Australian Institute of Health
and Welfare, 2019).
 In order to lessen this condition
health promotion is required.

BEHAVIOURAL ISSUES
 Agitation.
 Non-communicable.
 Erratic behaviour.
 Disruptive behaviour.
 Guarded behaviour
(Mosher et al. 2016).

BARRIERS OF CHANGE
 Financial barrier
 Social stigma and beliefs
 Lack of knowledge
 Lack of awareness
 Shame
 Communicating distress

HEALTH PROMOTION STRATEGY
Health promotion
action
 To educate adolescent and adult
people for healthy living.
 To address the negative
influences that can promote
mental distress.
 Governmental policy
development for mental health
care (Clarke, Kuosmanen and
Barry, 2015).

CONTINUED..
 Creating supportive environment.
 Strengthening community health
care.
 Develop communication and
orientation skills of target
population.
 Health care access development
(Clarke, Kuosmanen, and
Barry 2015)

CONCLUSION
 Health promotion and health literacy program would help in
reducing the factors affecting mental health of adolescent and adult
people of the country.
 Mental health distress would be reduced and the health outcome of
the people would be positive in terms of mental distress.
 Hence, the health promotion would be effective for the reduction
of the mental distress of young and adult people.

REFERENCES
 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2019). Mental health
services in Australia, Prevalence, impact and burden - Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare. [online] Australian Institute of
Health and Welfare. Available at:
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mental-health-services/mental-
health-services-in-australia/report-contents/summary/prevalence-
and-policies [Accessed 22 Sep. 2019].
 Clarke, A.M., Kuosmanen, T. and Barry, M.M., 2015. A systematic
review of online youth mental health promotion and prevention
interventions. Journal of youth and adolescence, 44(1), pp.90-113.
 Mosher, C.E., Winger, J.G., Given, B.A., Helft, P.R. and O'Neil, B.H.,
2016. Mental health outcomes during colorectal cancer
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pp.1261-1270.