As the Public Health Officer for Public Mental Health – the lead local expert, write a Briefing Note for the Chair of the Health and Wellbeing Committee of a local Council in England.PC50060W/PC50060R.Public Mental Health and Wellbeing

PC50060W/PC50060R.Public Mental Health and Wellbeing

Academic Year 2024-25

1.Key team contact details

2.Module content

3.Learning materials

4.Maintaining Academic Honesty and Integrity

5.Meeting Deadlines

6.Getting Support

7.Preparing for your Assessment

8.Summative Assessments

Summative Assessment 1

9.Glossary and Acronyms

10.Appendix – Research ethics and integrity

The aim of this module is to provide students with the opportunity to explore and reflect on the concept of mental health and wellbeing, how it is measured and the factors that promote good mental health and wellbeing. Students will assess national policies and consider how they inform local policy and action. They will also learn about the types of interventions that can be undertaken to support mental health and wellbeing and how these can be designed, delivered, monitored and evaluated.

Key content:

• Definitions of mental health and wellbeing.
• Perspectives (theories, models and frameworks) on mental health and wellbeing.
• Mental health and wellbeing and children and young people, adults (women and men) and older people.
• Determinants (risk and protective factors) of mental health and wellbeing
• Local mental health and wellbeing policy context in local council areas.
• Key mental health and wellbeing interventions.
• Engaging communities in improving health and wellbeing through asset-based community development and community development activities.
• The role of collaborations with other professionals and agencies at local level in helping to deliver mental health promotion and wellbeing interventions.

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Summative Assessment 1

Submitting, feedback & grades online using Blackboard

As the Public Health Officer for Public Mental Health – the lead local expert, write a Briefing Note for the Chair of the Health and Wellbeing Committee of a local Council in England that explains the mental health and wellbeing perspective that the Council should have, then develops a summary community mental health and wellbeing needs assessment highlighting the need for a mental health promotion project, and then designs a Five Ways to Wellbeing Project to improve the mental health and wellbeing for one population group that you will lead as the Public Mental Health Expert in the Council.

See separate suggested essay guidance and ensure you understand all the learning outcomes which need to be met in order to pass the module.

Terms and definitions: See Reading List.