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1. What is self-esteem? Why is this often such a major issue in the life of a woman? What does a poor view of self contribute to? Feeling like you make a valuable and important contribution to your family and community. This is a common issue in women because in certain cultures they are given tasks that are devalued within the community and don’t see themselves as actually adding to life in any positive way. They are given less opportunities and even less care and grow up believing because they are more of a burden than a contribution to the community that they are less valued. This can contribute to depression, other mental health issues, maternal death, poor health and lack of nutrition. 2. What are examples of stressors in daily life that can compound on women? Do these stressors often accumulate more for women than men? If so, why? If not, why not? What is the effect of long-term stress? Pregnancy, raising children, making a living, safe housing, access to food and water, health care needs, trauma and death. These stressors often affect women more than men, mainly because women have such an extensive amount of responsibility as part of the nature of their roles. The effect of these stresses long-term is poor health, high blood pressure, mental health, unbalanced hormones, frequent miscarriages and thyroid problems, as well as many others. 3. Physical problems can often cause a breakdown in the mental health of individuals. What are common physical causes of mental breakdown? How do these aspects possibly cause mental health issues? Anxiety, insomnia, weight gain or loss, hair falling out, digestive problems, fatigue. These wear out the body physically and mentally the body cannot handle this kind of stress for long. 4. What are some of the more common mental health problems all of these issues lead to? How can you tell if someone is suffering from one of these issues? What are the impacts of mental health issues in the individual, family, and community? Depression and anxiety are the most common mental health problems leading to other issues. There are external signs that point to these problems, isolation, lack of self care, closed off, and anxious feelings and behavior. The impacts of this can be severe for the woman her family and community if left unaddressed. It can affect how she raises and cares for her children, her physical and emotional relationship with her husband and neighbors. 5. Give examples of healthy coping mechanisms and activities/lifestyles that can help prevent these types of mental health issues. Regular exercise, nurturing plants, creating a peaceful home environment and eating some nutritional foods can do wonders for mental health issues. 6. How can you, as the health care provider, help those dealing with mental health issues? How can you help them heal? How do you know if someone is dealing with mental health issues that are beyond your scope of practice? Sharing with them what mental health is, the importance of addressing it and how to care for your mental health will give them answers and steps to work towards. If they are showing symptoms of self-harm or suicide it is time for professional care.7. What is an action plan you can put into place to help women in the prevention of mental health issues? Knowing this can affect those in any part of the world and whether a woman is pregnant or not means we must be prepared as well as proactive in helping women stay healthy before they begin dealing with many of these issues. Teaching and enabling her to ease her burdens, leaning on her friends and community as well as how to decompress from stress. Having a community garden where women can gather as their children play together and mama’s can talk with each other about stresses and burdens while providing healthy food for their families. ................
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