Chapter 18 - Prevention and Mental Health Promotion

Question 1

What are the 4 factors of community psychology?

Answer 1

Prevention

Ecological perspective

Strengths

Social supports, justice, change

Question 2

What are the 3 types of prevention?

Answer 2

Primary (promotion)

Secondary (prevention)

Tertiary (treatment)

Question 3

What is ecological perspective?

Answer 3

Interdependence of individual, family, community, and society

Question 4

What is the focus of mental health promotion?

Answer 4

Enhance well-being

Question 5

To promote mental health, it must be…

Answer 5

Proactive

Population-focused

Multi-dimensional

Ongoing

Question 6

According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, what are the stages of the ecological approach?

Answer 6

Societal –> community –> individual

Question 7

What are risk factors?

Answer 7

Increase negative outcomes

Question 8

What are protective factors?

Answer 8

Buffer against risk factors

Question 9

What is resilience?

Answer 9

Positive adaptation to adversity

Question 10

What is internal locus of control?

Answer 10

Perceived degree of control over one’s life

Question 11

Growing up in poverty, _________ children benefit from internal LoC, whereas ________ children do not.

Answer 11

White; African

Question 12

What are 4 central mechanism to help people cope with adversity?

Answer 12

Reduce risk impact

Break unhealthy reaction patterns

Enhance self-esteem/efficacy

Personal growth

Question 13

What are the 4 broad categories of the conceptual framework of prevention?

Answer 13

Ecological

Temporal

Capabilities

Participation

Question 14

What are the ecological dimensions?

Answer 14

Personal to environmental

Question 15

What are the temporal dimensions?

Answer 15

Early to late

Question 16

What are the capabilities dimensions?

Answer 16

Risk reduction to enhanced protective factors

Question 17

What are the participation dimensions?

Answer 17

Expert-driven to community-driven

Question 18

What are key variables for effective prevention programs?

Answer 18

Comprehensive

Varied/valid teaching methods

Appropriately timed

Promotion of interpersonal relationships

Socio-culturally relevant

Outcome evaluation

Question 19

What is the federal role for prevention and promotion policy in Canada?

Answer 19

Leader in prevention

Lack of social policies to support families/children

Question 20

What is the provincial role for prevention and promotion in Canada?

Answer 20

Good support on paper

Health funding not reallocated from treatment to prevention

Question 21

What are the 3 key areas of issue for prevention programs?

Answer 21

Implementation

Dissemination

Social justice

Question 22

What is the issue within implementation?

Answer 22

Requires program fidelity (correspondent program) but may be too rigid

Question 23

What is the difference between form and function?

Answer 23

Form: specific way program works

Function: principles of program

Question 24

What is the issue within dissemination?

Answer 24

Synthesis/translation

Support

Delivery

Question 25

What is the issue within social justice?

Answer 25

Inequality and unfair allocation of resources

Race, culture, ethnicity

Question 26

What are the 3 types of racism?

Answer 26

Internalized

Interpersonal

Structural