Literature Review
Australian youth in general are pleased with their health, yet evidence suggests that rising rates of mental illness, sexually transmitted diseases and risk taking behaviour (especially binge drinking) are of immense concern. The consequent burden of disease attributed to this phenomenon needs to be a priority of all health promotion stakeholders. Discuss
Introduction
A majority of young people rate their health as good, very good or excellent (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2011) which reveals that youth are pleased with their health although studies are showing that rising rates of mental disorders and risk taking behaviour are becoming a major concern. Many influences that could affect these findings such …show more content…
Studies conducted by Healey, J., & Ebooks Corporation. (2011), Degenhardt, L., O 'Loughlin, C., Swift, W., Romaniuk, H., Carlin, J., Coffey, C., Patton, G. (2013) & Morgenstern, M., Sargent, J., Sweeting, H., Faggiano, F., Mathis, F., & Hanewinkel, R. (2014) focus on the important facts and effects on binge drinking to our health, where they each discuss providing information about binge drinking, how prevalent it is in our society and the influences from advertisement. Connell, A., Patton, E., & McKillop, H. (2015) also discuss how there is a relationship between binge drinking and the mental illness, depression. Along with the research into binge drinking Keenan-Miller, D., Hammen, C., & Brennan, P. (2007), Patel, V., Flisher, A., Hetrick, S., & Mcgorry, P. (2007) & Reavley, N., & Jorm, A. (2011) research the topic of Mental health and found that mental illness begins in the early stages of youth but is not found until later in young …show more content…
Many of these articles conducted studies of those in their late adolescence to early adulthood where a gap in the studies was there were not many studies were conducted in the early stages of youth/adolescence. The first piece of literature was a book published in 2011 by Healey, J& Ebooks Corporation where he gives outlines and discusses binge drinking and both the health and behaviour risks involved with drinking. Healey, J & Ebooks Corporation (2011) goes into large detail and has three section of the book explaining the importance of understanding alcohol and the current guidelines to reduce health risk from drinking alcohol and the effects on young people where Healey, J & Ebooks Corporation (2011) discusses the major alcohol related facts that are aimed for the adolescent age children and their parent where he describes the health concerns, effects and the ways in which the parents can discuss with their children about alcohol and when the best time
Australian youth in general are pleased with their health, yet evidence suggests that rising rates of mental illness, sexually transmitted diseases and risk taking behaviour (especially binge drinking) are of immense concern. The consequent burden of disease attributed to this phenomenon needs to be a priority of all health promotion stakeholders. Discuss
Introduction
A majority of young people rate their health as good, very good or excellent (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2011) which reveals that youth are pleased with their health although studies are showing that rising rates of mental disorders and risk taking behaviour are becoming a major concern. Many influences that could affect these findings such …show more content…
Studies conducted by Healey, J., & Ebooks Corporation. (2011), Degenhardt, L., O 'Loughlin, C., Swift, W., Romaniuk, H., Carlin, J., Coffey, C., Patton, G. (2013) & Morgenstern, M., Sargent, J., Sweeting, H., Faggiano, F., Mathis, F., & Hanewinkel, R. (2014) focus on the important facts and effects on binge drinking to our health, where they each discuss providing information about binge drinking, how prevalent it is in our society and the influences from advertisement. Connell, A., Patton, E., & McKillop, H. (2015) also discuss how there is a relationship between binge drinking and the mental illness, depression. Along with the research into binge drinking Keenan-Miller, D., Hammen, C., & Brennan, P. (2007), Patel, V., Flisher, A., Hetrick, S., & Mcgorry, P. (2007) & Reavley, N., & Jorm, A. (2011) research the topic of Mental health and found that mental illness begins in the early stages of youth but is not found until later in young …show more content…
Many of these articles conducted studies of those in their late adolescence to early adulthood where a gap in the studies was there were not many studies were conducted in the early stages of youth/adolescence. The first piece of literature was a book published in 2011 by Healey, J& Ebooks Corporation where he gives outlines and discusses binge drinking and both the health and behaviour risks involved with drinking. Healey, J & Ebooks Corporation (2011) goes into large detail and has three section of the book explaining the importance of understanding alcohol and the current guidelines to reduce health risk from drinking alcohol and the effects on young people where Healey, J & Ebooks Corporation (2011) discusses the major alcohol related facts that are aimed for the adolescent age children and their parent where he describes the health concerns, effects and the ways in which the parents can discuss with their children about alcohol and when the best time