Case Study 1: Sarah is a 35 year old single mother of two currently living in the northern growth corridor of Melbourne a region categorised by areas of high disadvantage. She works part time in child care. She was recently diagnosed with mild depression. Her psychiatrist suggested that physical activity may help her to manage her depression. She has come to me, as a public health practitioner, for advice and counselling. Sarah does not enjoy activity and finds that she currently doesn’t have the time, resources or inclination to be active.
Introduction
Sarah is a 35 year old, mother of two. Due to having mild depression she was referred to me as a public health practitioner to help her with increasing physical activity to manage he depression …show more content…
For a greater health benefits, Sarah may go for walks/runs more than the recommended activity amount, which will assist with managing her depression. Exercising for 30 minutes everyday delivers O2 to the brain, which can help to improve memory, reasoning abilities and reaction time (Better health channel, 2011). Sarah should be active preferably all days of the week. She should accumulate 90 to 210 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity per …show more content…
Physical activity program to increase Sarah’s physical activity levels
Due to the fact that Sarah currently is not engaged in any sort of physical activity, I as a public health practitioner have developed a program that will progressively assist her to be more active overtime. The exercise program will be divided into 4 three weeks periods. For instant, table below shows that the first exercise period (week 1-3), Sarah will complete 30 minutes of moderate walking for 3 times a week by the end of week 3. As Sarah progresses through the program the intensity and frequency will gradually increase in order to assist her to manage her depression and also to avoid injuries with engaging in too much physical activity too fast (Sylliaas, Wyller and Bergland, 2013). For example I have increased her frequency of walking from 3 times a week to 7 times a week. In addition to walking, Sarah will be encouraged to run every other day to increase the intensity of her physical activity. The intensity and frequency of Sarah’s physical activity will be gradually be increased in order to prevent plateau in Sarah’s physical activity and to correctly ensure that she will continually challenge herself to improve overtime (Sylliaas, Wyller and Bergland, 2013). Furthermore given that Sarah has never enjoyed exercising I will start progressively with 15-20 minutes of moderate physical activity on
Introduction
Sarah is a 35 year old, mother of two. Due to having mild depression she was referred to me as a public health practitioner to help her with increasing physical activity to manage he depression …show more content…
For a greater health benefits, Sarah may go for walks/runs more than the recommended activity amount, which will assist with managing her depression. Exercising for 30 minutes everyday delivers O2 to the brain, which can help to improve memory, reasoning abilities and reaction time (Better health channel, 2011). Sarah should be active preferably all days of the week. She should accumulate 90 to 210 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity per …show more content…
Physical activity program to increase Sarah’s physical activity levels
Due to the fact that Sarah currently is not engaged in any sort of physical activity, I as a public health practitioner have developed a program that will progressively assist her to be more active overtime. The exercise program will be divided into 4 three weeks periods. For instant, table below shows that the first exercise period (week 1-3), Sarah will complete 30 minutes of moderate walking for 3 times a week by the end of week 3. As Sarah progresses through the program the intensity and frequency will gradually increase in order to assist her to manage her depression and also to avoid injuries with engaging in too much physical activity too fast (Sylliaas, Wyller and Bergland, 2013). For example I have increased her frequency of walking from 3 times a week to 7 times a week. In addition to walking, Sarah will be encouraged to run every other day to increase the intensity of her physical activity. The intensity and frequency of Sarah’s physical activity will be gradually be increased in order to prevent plateau in Sarah’s physical activity and to correctly ensure that she will continually challenge herself to improve overtime (Sylliaas, Wyller and Bergland, 2013). Furthermore given that Sarah has never enjoyed exercising I will start progressively with 15-20 minutes of moderate physical activity on