Question

Choose one of these factors to explore. Your research paper should answer the two-fold question:

• Decreased use of tobacco and drugs
• Regular physical activity
• Balanced nutritional intake
• Positive mental health
• Safe sexual activity
• Provision of preventative services
• Access to culturally appropriate health services
• Community participation in the planning and delivery of health services
• Participation in civic activities and social engagement
• Strong social networks
• Feeling of trust
• The feeling of power and control over life decisions
• Supportive family structure
• Positive self-esteem
• Safe physical environments
• Supportive economic and social conditions
• A regular supply of nutritious food and water
• Restricted access to tobacco and drugs
• Healthy public policy and organizational practice
• Provision for meaningful paid employment
• Provision of affordable housing

(1) What constitutes [name of a factor here] and

(2) how do this factor influence health and well-being?"

P.S the research paper should be 4-5 pages in length and should address the above questions in it.

Minimum 3 references are required for the research paper in APA format.

Answer 1

Mental health is the cognitive, emotional and behavioral well-being of a person. The mental health of a person constitutes how a person behaves, thinks and feel in his everyday life. Mental health is as crucial as the physical, but as there are no clear signs of a declined mental health as comapred to the physical illlness, it is often ignored evenby the person suffering himself. More often than not, people tend to think that mental health means the absence of any kind of mental disorders or mental illness.

Mental health can affect a person's ability to think and go about his day to day life. Mental health can affect the emotional state of a person. Every one is at a risk of suffereing from any mental helath disorder, from child to an old man. Like with any other physical ailment, mental illness too shows signs as the mental health of a person deteoriates. But hese signs are sometimes so subtle like minor changes in the behavior of the person, unmotivation to complete daily tasks etc, that most people take these signs as laziness or mood swings rather than being cncernabout them. As it progresses, the person might even find it impossible to get out of bed and take care of personal hygiene which is bound to affect him in other ways.