Family Health Assessment Part 2
Family Health Assessment Part 2
The family assessment helps in identifying the unique factors that could be affecting their health outcomes. Further probe during the interview session allows the healthcare providers to note the socio-cultural factors determinants of health. The developed health promotion strategies must be consistent and relevant to the identified health issues. The health assessment interview was conducted with the Clark family, a family compromised of five members. The current study explores the identified social determinants of health and proposes a model that could be used to improve the family’s health outcomes.
Description of
The assessment report revealed that the company observed various health measures on their daily basis. On the other hand, a few issues were identified that could affect their health negatively. First, adults consumed moderate alcohol with some of the members rarely engaging in physical exercise. Furthermore, the children watch TV for long hours and end having limited hours to sleep. Inadequate sleep can lead to poor emotional management, blood pressure, heart attack, and obesity among others (Chaput & Dutil, 2016).
The interview report showed that the children had to rely on pills to sleep due to their addiction and prolonged exposure to T.V. Additionally, a sedentary lifestyle characterized by limited physical activity could also expose the family members to cardiovascular diseases. Furthermore, it was evident that the members were ineffective in managing stress and were not confident during stressful situations. Poor stress management could expose the family members to suicidal ideation or even engaging in substance abuse as a coping strategy to the stressful experiences they face.
Low sleep patterns, sedentary lifestyle, and poor stress management are prevalent in the family because of the poor family guidelines developed by the parents. The parents have to rule to guide their children and control the number of hours they spent on televisions; though, they have failed.
Age-Appropriate Screening
The parents are aged 47 and 45 years. The father should undertake prostate cancer screening (Catalona, 2018). The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening should be done once a year to help detect whether one is developing benign or cancerous prostate hypertrophy. On the other hand, the mother should undergo breast cancer screening and cervical cancer screening (Farzaneh et al., 2017). Furthermore, the entire family should undertake a cholesterol test to determine their risk of developing hypertension. The screening is recommended for all people considering their lifestyle patterns.
Re: Topic 3 DQ 2