Posts Tagged ‘Mental’
The Need For Mental Health Nurses To Promote Sexual Health
February 12th, 2011 | 
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This article focuses on the need for mental health nurses to promote sexual health. As a mental health nurse I have observed that during practice, nurses are encountering problems dealing with sexual health issues in mental health. Clients have experienced sexual health needs that nurses failed to meet and many nurses have experienced that they are out of depth.
Lomas (2009) carried out a survey with at least 283 mental health professionals of which half of them were nurses. Evidence from the research showed that even though 80% of the participants were in support of the idea that sexual health promotion was a vital part of their role, only 30%, representing less than half the participants regularly discussed sexual health with mental health patients, (Lomas 2009). A revelation also made by Lomas (2009), survey suggested that 92% of respondents had no clue that people with schizophrenia were at an increased risk of contracting HIV than the general population, 72% were not even convinced that they were more likely to engage in high-risk sexual behaviour. From the participants, 14% felt uncomfortable discussing sexual health issues with mental health patients, gay and lesbian issues was a very uncomfortable topic for 13% of them. This queries whether mental health nurses are well equipped to promote sexual health, (Lomas 2009),
Health Education as a core course for Teachers’ Education: to enhance the Mental Health of students
This paper is primarily concerned with the role of teachers in enhancement of mental health of students. It discuses the factual picture of the functions of the teachers in a changing social and education environment, identifying the social community in the actualization of the human need (mental health) that are otherwise ignored. It highlights the complex expectation of the public from the role of teachers. The expectation makes the duties of teachers diffused; they in some measures serve as social workers and perform in addition to duties other than classroom teaching. Their responsibilities for social training in a changing environment, particularly in the misconception of mental health are discussed and recommendation made.
Key Words: Health education for teachers’ education, educating teachers in mental health, health education a necessity for teachers. Read the rest of this entry »