Health Promotion Poster

THE NECESSITY AND IMPORTANCE OF

HEALTH PROMOTION

FRAMEWORKS AND ACTION AREAS

WHAT IS HEALTH PROMOTION?

"The process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health" (World Health Organization [WHO], 1998)

health promotion aims to:

Advocate

Supporting those who suffer from illnesses and spreading awareness to everyone else for better understanding of health

Enable

Allowing people to be informed of the health disorder and have access to the appropriate health services regardless of their socio-economic status

Mediate

Mental Health

75%

Communicating, cooperating, and collaborating between the government, health services and the community in order to achieve the best resultrs possible when helping one another

"A state of well-being in which an individual realizes their own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of their lives, can work productively, and is able to make a contribution to their community" (WHO, 2018)

OTTAWA CHARTER ACTION AREAS

STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY ACTIONS

REORIENT HEALTH SERVICES

BUILD HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY

• Promote and Increase mental health services
• Establish Anti-Discrimination laws to minimize mental health disorder occurence (WHO, 1998)

• Provide helpline for people to contact
• Provide Psychology Screenings for mental health disorder diagnosis

• Establish Mental Health Awareness Campaigns

CREATE SUPPOTIVE ENVIRONMENTS

DEVELOP PERSONAL SKILLS

• Provide Mental Health Support groups (Black Dog Institute, n.d)
• Mental Health Promotional Activites in Schools

• Provide mental health related courses available and accessible to anyone
• Develop healthy coping mechanisms with suitable self-care

4.3 million

50%

792 million

Australians received mental health disorder-related prescription medicine in 2017 (AIHW, 2017)

of the total Australian population had experienced a mental health disorder in their lifetime (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, [AIHW], 2020)

people had been diagnosed with a mental health disorder by 2017. The most prevalent cases include anxiety and depression disorders (Richie, H. & Roser, M., 2018).

upstream

downstream

Midstream

Social Factors - Macro Levels

• Create anti-discrimination policies
• Create mental health support groups
• Easy access to medical and social mental health support

Biological Factors - Micro Levels

• Visiting a mental health specialist, e.g. Therapist, Psychologist
• Taking prescriptions for mental health disorder

Behavioural Factors - Intermediate Levels

• Exercising and keeping physically healthy
• Healthy and close relationships
• Learning healthy coping mechanisms with stress