Chapter 18 - Prevention and Mental Health Promotion Flashcards
What are the 4 factors of community psychology?
Prevention
Ecological perspective
Strengths
Social supports, justice, change
What are the 3 types of prevention?
Primary (promotion)
Secondary (prevention)
Tertiary (treatment)
What is ecological perspective?
Interdependence of individual, family, community, and society
What is the focus of mental health promotion?
Enhance well-being
To promote mental health, it must be…
Proactive
Population-focused
Multi-dimensional
Ongoing
According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, what are the stages of the ecological approach?
Societal –> community –> individual
What are risk factors?
Increase negative outcomes
What are protective factors?
Buffer against risk factors
What is resilience?
Positive adaptation to adversity
What is internal locus of control?
Perceived degree of control over one’s life
Growing up in poverty, _________ children benefit from internal LoC, whereas ________ children do not.
White; African
What are 4 central mechanism to help people cope with adversity?
Reduce risk impact
Break unhealthy reaction patterns
Enhance self-esteem/efficacy
Personal growth
What are the 4 broad categories of the conceptual framework of prevention?
Ecological
Temporal
Capabilities
Participation
What are the ecological dimensions?
Personal to environmental
What are the temporal dimensions?
Early to late
What are the capabilities dimensions?
Risk reduction to enhanced protective factors
What are the participation dimensions?
Expert-driven to community-driven
What are key variables for effective prevention programs?
Comprehensive
Varied/valid teaching methods
Appropriately timed
Promotion of interpersonal relationships
Socio-culturally relevant
Outcome evaluation
What is the federal role for prevention and promotion policy in Canada?
Leader in prevention
Lack of social policies to support families/children
What is the provincial role for prevention and promotion in Canada?
Good support on paper
Health funding not reallocated from treatment to prevention
What are the 3 key areas of issue for prevention programs?
Implementation
Dissemination
Social justice
What is the issue within implementation?
Requires program fidelity (correspondent program) but may be too rigid
What is the difference between form and function?
Form: specific way program works
Function: principles of program
What is the issue within dissemination?
Synthesis/translation
Support
Delivery
What is the issue within social justice?
Inequality and unfair allocation of resources
Race, culture, ethnicity
What are the 3 types of racism?
Internalized
Interpersonal
Structural
