Family Health Assessment Part II

Family Health Assessment Part II

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Family Health Assessment Part II

1. Describe the SDOH that affect family health status. What is the impact of these SDOH on the family? Discuss why these factors are prevalent for this family.

Individuals surrounding affect a wide range of health risks and outcomes. These are the Social Determinant of Health (SDOH). These include accessibility of healthcare services, education systems, safe environmental condition, and viability of healthy food. Factors such as poverty often limit access to healthy food while safe neighborhood and education is a predictor of better health (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). The family interviewed are middle class who can access food and decent housing. They are financially stable. The man of the family has a full-time job and does everything to provide for the family. The family have adequate resources to enable them to meet their daily needs.

The mother works for specific hours at the local store to supplement the family income. At times she works extra hours when in need of additional income to buy an expensive asset for the family. They both have insurance for their two children and have a car for transportation of children and the man for work. The firstborn daughter attends school while his brother attends daycare. The mother is often stressed about not begin able to afford to pay a full-time baby sitter. she plays multiple roles including picking up children from school and doing all the house chores. the family have access to mobile phone for easy communication but not the children they do not lack much as they try to take care of their family. The family SDOH including income, housing and insurance cover means the family are better placed in promoting good health.

Based on the information gathered through the family health assessment, recommend age-appropriate screenings for each family member. Provide support and rationale for your suggestions.

Health screening is a key part of promoting good health. Screening helps identify health risks early. Health screenings are essential for people of all ages. However, the screening tests vary depending on ages. There are many health screening tests for adults which should be performed annually. These include assessing height and weight, blood pressure. For adults between ages of 18 up to 40 years should consist of annual cholesterol check, full-body skin to examine any suspicious skin lesions (World Health Organization, 2011). For women, health screening should involve breast lump examination.

Pap smear would also be conducted every three years. for men, a testicular exam is equally essential (World Health Organization, 2011). Assessing the risk of cancer, and managing chronic issues such as diabetes and also preventing strokes and heart attacks require frequent screening (World Health Organization, 2011). Early detection and regular monitoring are crucial among the two adults interviewed. For the two children, it is essential to consider the children’s individual health situation and risk factors. For example, obesity is among the growing problem hence the need to assess children eating patterns.

in addition, children develop rapidly and need iron to develop (World Health Organization, 2011). Hence, there is a need to check for iron deficiency that can cause anemia. in addition, the recorded annual assessment for blood pressure for children age 3 years at every healthcare visit is to minimize the risk of them developing hypertension. monitoring and maintaining healthy levels of cholesterol among children through screening is important because there are usually no symptoms. Lead test for the 2-year-old is important to minimize the risk of slow growth and damage of any part of the body (World Health Organization, 2011). .in addition, children vision needs to be tested before starting school, which should be about 3 to 4 years of age.

Choose a health model to assist in creating a plan of action. Describe the model selected. Discuss the reasons why this health model is the best choice for this family. Provide a rationale for your reasoning.

The Self-empowerment model is an appropriate model to create a good plan of action for the family. The model uses a different range of education techniques as a strategy of empowering individuals to encourage healthy choices. self-empowerment model is more of a participatory learning technique. The process includes assertive training and self-awareness, which helps people examine their values and beliefs and also explore the social location, which might affect individual choices (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). The model works on the assumption that empowerment is more of essential resources which can be easily acquired and mobilized by anyone to help them be in control over their environment and situation.

The self-empowerment model depends on the individual inherent abilities to see the need to adopt a healthy lifestyle (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). This assumption means the healthy choices are more of personal preference, which can only be implemented by the individual who must be willing to change the behavior. Self-empowerment intervention provides an excellent opportunity where an individual can adopt a better self-understanding by making healthy choices to become an active agent of change (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). However, the process involves critical appraisal of social and cultural factors that influence the participant’s healthy behavior, which forces participants to be able to confront their social and economic powerlessness.

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References

Edelman, C. L. & Mandle, C. L. (2010). Health promotion throughout the life span (7th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Science

World Health Organization (WHO). (2011). Health Promotion. http://www.who.int/topics/health_promotion/en/