Every Mind Matters Campaign: Exploring the Concepts of Health and Well-being

Background of the Every Mind Matters campaign

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At the heart of the campaign is “My Mind Plan”; we ask people a few simple questions about their mental health priorities and any specific concerns they currently have and then we suggest an action plan, based on these needs, which people can then tailor to fit in with their lives. All the actions suggested can be safely attempted by anyone at little or no cost. They have been drawn from evidence for self-help and reviewed by a range of experts. The best way anyone can get involved is to use “My mind plan” to create their own action plan and see what effect this has on their mental health.

Assignment background

Public Health England, in partnership with the NHS has launched Every Mind Matters, a new way of empowering people to manage and improve their mental health. Every Mind Matters aims to help people take simple steps to look after their mental health, improve their mental wellbeing and support others.

The Every Mind Matters campaign will give people the skills to improve their mental health in a number of key areas. We have prioritised sleep, anxiety, low mood and stress as these are the most common mental health concerns where there is good evidence for self-help. We are also working with trauma, obsessions and compulsions, social anxiety and panic. In addition, there is an area of the campaign dedicated to mental wellbeing.

In short, the aim is to improve mental health literacy (improving our understanding of what mental health is, how we can improve it and what we should do if we have mental health problems) across England.

At the heart of the campaign is “My Mind Plan”; we ask people a few simple questions about their mental health priorities and any specific concerns they currently have and then we suggest an action plan, based on these needs, which people can then tailor to fit in with their lives. All the actions suggested can be safely attempted by anyone at little or no cost. They have been drawn from evidence for self-help and reviewed by a range of experts.

With this in mind, write an essay answering the following question.

‘To what extent do the concepts of health & well being used by the ‘Every Mind Matters’ campaign have an influence on the mental health of individuals in the community, and what factors may impact upon the campaign’s success?

Assessment criteria

• Knowledge and understanding of concepts and theories of health & wellbeing from a holistic perspective.
• Ability to engage in analysis and application of health wellbeing theory and practice, to identify and examine factors influencing the health and wellbeing of target population.

Points to include

The essay will use a standard format of introduction, main body and conclusion. The essay will demonstrate a clear understanding of concepts of health & well-being and their application to the health promotion campaign.

The analysis should examine the concepts of health & well being used by the campaign and the potential impact on mental health (Concepts of health may include definitions of health, approaches or models of health). The essay will include discussion the holistic approach to health promotion and factors that influence the health of an individual. The analysis of the concepts of health used by the campaign and the influences on health will lead to adiscussion on the challenges of implementing the Every Mind Matters campaign successfully.