This intervention is directed at promoting and preventing depression in New Zealand adolescents. In order to achieve better mental health for adolescences, the target group for my intervention will be focused on small children, those aged from kindergarten to primary school. The purpose of the intervention is to provide children with the necessary resilience and barriers against depression during their future adolescence years.
Dunnachie (2007) defines depression in adolescence as “a diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD) in children and teenagers requires a minimum 2 week period of pervasive mood change towards sadness or irritability, and loss of interest or pleasure. This needs to be a clear change in functioning, accompanied by impairment …show more content…
The author’s emphases the need to move the focus of mental health away from the health sector and into settings, such as education, welfare, community, and employment. A major cause for this shift is to improve on the determinants of mental illness and build on the determinants of mental health. For this reason, the intervention will primarily focus on the community and education setting in improving the mental health of adolescents (Herrman, Saxena, and Moodie, 2005). Reynolds, Temple, Ou, Robertson, Mersky, Topitzes, and Niles’ (2007) 19-year follow-up study of a kindergarten intervention found that early based intervention was associated with a range of positive health outcomes, particularly relating to mental health. The findings from the study concluded that the intervention had a lasting effect on wellbeing in the participants to adulthood. In view of this fact, preventing adolescent depression is often too late, therefore, focusing early on in childhood provides greater opportunities to prevent the onset of …show more content…
This would be done through team and individual based sports in local community settings with community members. The idea of sports as an intervention is backed up by Eime, Young, Harvey, Charity, and Payne’s (2013) study which found that community-based physical activity for adolescent’s improved their overall mental health. In addition, many participants reported fewer depressive symptoms while incorporating physical activity into their lives. The authors found that participating in community-based sport was associated with the health benefits related to physical activity (see figure 3). Moreover, it is essential to integrate Māori worldview and sports into the programme, such as Māori golf, and Mau Rākau (Sport Waitakere,
Dunnachie (2007) defines depression in adolescence as “a diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD) in children and teenagers requires a minimum 2 week period of pervasive mood change towards sadness or irritability, and loss of interest or pleasure. This needs to be a clear change in functioning, accompanied by impairment …show more content…
The author’s emphases the need to move the focus of mental health away from the health sector and into settings, such as education, welfare, community, and employment. A major cause for this shift is to improve on the determinants of mental illness and build on the determinants of mental health. For this reason, the intervention will primarily focus on the community and education setting in improving the mental health of adolescents (Herrman, Saxena, and Moodie, 2005). Reynolds, Temple, Ou, Robertson, Mersky, Topitzes, and Niles’ (2007) 19-year follow-up study of a kindergarten intervention found that early based intervention was associated with a range of positive health outcomes, particularly relating to mental health. The findings from the study concluded that the intervention had a lasting effect on wellbeing in the participants to adulthood. In view of this fact, preventing adolescent depression is often too late, therefore, focusing early on in childhood provides greater opportunities to prevent the onset of …show more content…
This would be done through team and individual based sports in local community settings with community members. The idea of sports as an intervention is backed up by Eime, Young, Harvey, Charity, and Payne’s (2013) study which found that community-based physical activity for adolescent’s improved their overall mental health. In addition, many participants reported fewer depressive symptoms while incorporating physical activity into their lives. The authors found that participating in community-based sport was associated with the health benefits related to physical activity (see figure 3). Moreover, it is essential to integrate Māori worldview and sports into the programme, such as Māori golf, and Mau Rākau (Sport Waitakere,