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Hello students, the question asked is what is the one major issue in the public health arena that you think merits more attention than it is currently getting from the healthcare establishment, the media or the community at large? explain why you offer that issue and how you think it might be best addressed in the future.
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The public major public health issue at present time is the mental health.
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The public health department or arena does not take majors, sufficient majors at present which should be given to the mental health.
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As we know that mental health which includes depression, anxiety and substance abuse which includes using of drugs, all these factors are responsible for the deteriorating mental health and this deterioration of the mental health does not only affect an individual mentally and physically but it also affects families, societies and communities at large.
01:56
So it has a great impact on the society or social life, individual life, both social and individual life is affected severely.
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Not only social and individual life but also the physical health is also severely affected by mental health.
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Despite being such a danger to the individual families, societies and communities, this disease is often stigmatized by the people and societies which leads to the inadequate effort and inadequate support from people and societies for this deadly disease.
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So this is the reason this mental health is not getting the attention it should get at the present time and this issue deserves more attention from even the individual societies, communities and public health department as well.
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So in order to get more attention and to address the mental health issue more efficiently, we must follow certain steps and the first step is the avian of the disease...