HEALTH PROMOTION

Health Promotion

Table of contents

1.0 Executive summary3

2.0 Introduction4

2.1. The purpose of the report5

2.2. Background information5

3.0 Discussion8

3.0 Methods16

3.1 Some key issues raised by the literature18

3.1.1 What is mentoring?18

3.1.2 Models of mentoring: person-centred vs organisation-centred mentoring20

3.1.3 Mentoring and the professional context22

3.1.4 Mentoring and power26

3.1.5 The training and support needs of mentors30

4.0 Conclusion31

5.0 Recommendations32

References34

Health Promotion

1.0 Executive summary

Health promotion is defined by Simnett (1995) to be "an umbrella term for a very wide range of activities which enhance good health and well-being and prevent ill-health, this include health education and health information, and preventative medical measures".

In attempting to establish critical thoughts regarding defining mental health promotion it is first necessary to establish a shared understanding of what it is to be mentally healthy and to experience wellbeing. Presently most of the debates have focussed on mental illness rather than on mental health, being concerned with conditions such as anxiety, depression and schizophrenia. Less consideration has been given to issues of well-being, such as isolation, loneliness, low self-esteem and fear, which are often deliberating and have direct effect on the mental and physical health of individuals. Predisposition as well as the conditions in which individuals and communities lives and interacts, directly affects their mental health, according to Heer and Woodhead (2002).

In order to facilitate meaningful debates across professional and sector boundaries, there is a need to address the problem of language and conceptual frameworks in relation to mental health promotion. This could be achieved by involving communities, and taking account of lay perspectives (The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health and Mentality 2001) This essay focuses on the National Service Framework (NSF) for Mental Health . This indicated seven standards of treatment and care that people will be entitled to expect throughout the country. Standard one addresses mental health promotion and tackles the social exclusion and discrimination aligned with mental health problems. This mental health promotion activity will be founded on 'standard one' because it was intended to combat discrimination against the patient with mental health problems, and promote his social inclusion. Although the aim of standard one is to ensure health and social service reduce the discrimination and social exclusion associated with mental health problem, however there are countless incidents (as stated by the mass media recently) of individual with mental health problems being sent to prison (for menial / insignificant crime) one wonder if this is a way of avoiding the problem.

2.0 Introduction

Health promotion has emerged in the last decade as an important force to improve both quality and quantity of people's lives. Sometimes termed 'the new public health' it seeks to support and encourage a participative social movement that enables individuals and communities to take control over their own health. (Bunton,R & Macdonald,G 1992)

For the purpose of this account the patient's name will be altered and he shall be referred to as Alonzo, in keeping with the confidentiality clause of the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Professional Conduct, "to protect all confidential information regarding clients obtained during the course of professional practice" (NMC ...