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Question: Discuss about the Research in Developmental Disabilities System. Answer: Introduction: Health priority is a collective effort of the global and national healthcare facilities to provide equal, adequate and best quality care to the people around them (Kohl et al., 2012). Ensuring this wide health coverage irrespective of other facts helps to achieve the health objectives decided by the World Health Organization as the sustainable development goals. Todays world is interconnected and therefore, public health emergency in one country spreads to another rapidly (Hastings, 2012). Hence, these healthcare emergencies are designated as health priority because when the countrymen are healthy and free from disease, the country benefits (Anderson et al., 2012). Autism is one of the health priorities in Australia and the Australian government is taking important steps to provide necessary care to those affected people so that collective improvement can be achieved. According to data from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017), Autism spectrum disorder is one of the heal th priority area as 1 in every 150 Australian children is affected with autism. Further, it also provides the information that more than 85% of autism affected people are under low socio-economic status (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2017). Therefore, in this assignment, Autism will be discussed as the health priority and will discuss the health determinants and risk factors of this disorder. Further, healthcare promotion strategies for the improved health outcomes will discussed in the context of Australian society. Autism spectrum disorder is a neurological disorder that affects the communication and social interaction skills as well as restricts the individual with repetitive pattern of actions and activities (Castaeda et al., 2015). There are several social determinants of autism spectrum disorder including parents socio-economic status, their education level and to some extent race or ethnicity that affects the improvement of the autistic condition of health (Rivard et al., 2014). Further as discussed in previous section, people in low and middle income countries people do not believe that autism spectrum disease can be treated with pharmacological treatments and therefore they apply mental healthcare interventions which are ineffective in this situation. The risk factor of autism includes genetic and environmental factors (Russell et al., 2012). Further, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, fragile X-syndrome, learning disability, down syndrome, tuberous sclerosis, emotional dysregulat ion are few of the risk factors associated with this disease. Further, this disorders affects the five elements of wellbeing, which are career, social, emotional, physical and community wellbeing (Veenstra-VanderWeele et al., 2012). Within these, emotional wellbeing holds major importance, as due to autistic condition, individual with autism become anxious, conscious and confused as their language disability, learning disability, social understanding of relationships, sensory development and imagination is affected due to this disorder. Therefore, they are not being able to clearly express their emotions and comfort or discomfort affecting their social as well as physical wellbeing (Rivard et al., 2014). Furthermore, due to autism spectrum, affected individuals are unable to make decision regarding their personal hygiene, sexuality, physical changes moreover females affected with autism are not being able to maintain their female health needs. Therefore, their physical, mental and s ocial wellbeing is affected (Veenstra-VanderWeele et al., 2012). According to the governmental data of Australia, in June 2016, there were more than 75,000 children aged from 0 to 15 years affected with autism spectrum disorder. Further, the maximum number of affected children were seen in the age group of 5 to 14 years of age. Further, according to Elsabbagh et al., (2012), the boys are at higher risk as compared to girls in case of autism spectrum disease. Researchers Castaeda et al., (2015), described the occurrence sex ratio 4:1 (male: female) by including 52 girls and 273 boys receiving autism care in their study. Further from the conducted study they identified that there are phonotypical difference between the male and female autism spectrum disorder. Therefore, such difference in sex ratio are been observed in the target population of Autism spectrum disorder. In the framework of wellbeing, individuals affected with autism are more exposed to environmental and social stressors that normal healthy individuals, as these stressors triggers th eir emotional well-being and social relationship affecting their mental health condition (Elsabbagh et al.,2012). In 2014, May, the World Health Organization took a resolution regarding autism that states that the organization will take comprehensive and coordinated efforts to manage the autism spectrum disorder around the world and this resolution was supported by more than 60 countries. According to this resolution the efforts were directed to increase the worlds commitment and engaging respective governments for the advocacy of autism. Further, it decided to create guidelines and frameworks so that nations can create policies and action plans so that addressing autism as a mental health priority becomes easier. Moreover, the organization also helped the associated countries by providing evidences and effective strategies so assessment and treatment and its associated disorders. The strategies and action plans that should be implemented are inducing the communication related to autism in the society so that the taboo of mental healthcare can be minimized. Further, preparing the society for aut ism emergency, increasing their adaptability to environmental change and using positive behavior to support will help to create a situation that will help to promote the autism spectrum in the society (Kumar Preetha, 2012). For this purpose, the 4 action plans should be followed including clarity, consistency, simplicity and continuation. the health promotion program and its team members should be clear about the action plan strategies, target area and the flow of the process, expectations and procedure so that the process becomes easier. Further, the team members should maintain consistency regarding the intervention and approaches and maintain simplicity in description and practical work flow so that associated people can follow the process (Ayo, 2012). Finally, continuous communication and understanding should be maintained throughout the process so that management of such a difficult program becomes easier. Continuous positive support and adaptive skills will help in improving social context about autism and people will contribute to help the affected individuals rapidly (Rivard et al., 2014). For development of a successful and effective health promotion plan, the Ottawa Charter of health promotion related strategies implemented by World Health Organization should be followed (Kumar Preetha, 2012). The WHO driven health promotion plan discusses about five key actions such as building of healthy public policy, creating supporting environment for health, strengthening action of communities related to health, developing personal skills and reorient the health services of the key disorder with three basic strategies including enabling, mediating and advocating (Ayo, 2012). Therefore, through these healthcare policies and strategies, the Ottawa Charter of health promotion describes the health promotion as the positive influential process that affect the health behavior of individuals and communities so that their health can be improved. The health promotional campaign for Autism should also follow the Ottawa charter regarding the health promotion so that by complying with the strategies, influencing society to face the health priority with determination can be achieved (Kumar Preetha, 2012). Further, people can be taught that autism affected individuals deserve pharmacological interventions than mental healthcare treatment as this is a neurological disorder than can be controlled to some extent (Ayo, 2012). Health promotional programs are important aspect to spread the health related literacy in the population and create an awareness in the society so that people can seek healthcare intervention in case of such situation. Autism is a disease that affects maximum of the middle and lower income countries due to the variation in socio-economic status, exposure to environmental stressors and pressure of social constructs (Schulz Nakamoto, 2013). Due to these, the general conceptualization of people has affected as people discriminate the affected individuals as mental patients and do not provide them with their fundamental human rights. Hence, the need of health promotional programs for autism becomes important. According to Obrusnikova and Miccinello (2012), arrangement of health promotional program will help to create a general awareness in the society and a development will be noticed if the society absorbs that positives form the health promotional program. However, Kasari and Smith (2 013) thinks that instead of health promotional programs governments should focus on implementing modern and developed interventions so that autistic condition can be treated, but without a successful health promotional campaign, it is not possible. According to Hinckson et al., (2013), health promotional campaign changes the social norms by challenging the stereotypical thinking of people and enlighten them by changing their views regarding a disorder, that ultimately helps the people affected with the disease (Schulz Nakamoto, 2013). Further, utilizing health promotional program for autism will help the nation to change the mental state of parents by influencing them to use pharmacological interventions for their children instead of mental healthcare treatments. Further, people will come out of their home instead of feeling shameful or conscious regarding their health status and will seek medical assistance for such disorder (Hinckson et al., 2013). While concluding the assignment, it should be mentioned that wellbeing is not just associated with physical health, but social, mental emotional, economic and communication related wellbeing are also a part of health. Health priority is a category, under which global and national healthcare facilities put some healthcare situations that need continuous assessment and help from the government as well as society. 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