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Family Assessment

 

Reynaldo Sautie

Mrs. Tina Roberts

ST Thomas University

07/25/2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Family Assessment

Introduction

Our health is determined by social, economic, and environmental factors. Family forms an integral role in an individual's life. A family cultural beliefs, religious affiliation, economic resources, and interpersonal relationship affects an individual's mental and physical wellbeing. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the social determinants of the health of an identified family. 

The Family Structure

Customarily a family in all parts of the world comprises two married adults and children. The selected family under study is considered a middle-income family. The father is a 43-year-old Hispanic man, Mr. AR is a high school teacher, while the wife Mrs. AR is a 40-year-old Hispanic nurse. The family has two children, two girls. The oldest child is a seventeen-year girl who is in high school. The second child is a fourteen-year-old girl attending the local middle school. In addition, the family has with them their seventy-four-year-old grandfather on their father’s side who resides with them. Biologically, children take the race and ethnicity of their parents (Alderwick & Gottlieb, 2019). The social class of a family depends on the income of the generation of the family members, especially the parents. The family social class is middle-class. The father is a high school teacher, while the mother is a registered nurse. The AR family confide in the Christianity faith. According to the mother, the family is quite religious and observes all religious holidays and functions. The family home is located in the middle-income suburbs of the town. The family has a strong bond and always strives to protect and care for each other. 

 

 

Health Behaviors

The genetic composition and lifestyle patterns of a family influence the health of the family. The behaviors and practices of a family influence their physical and mental state (Lloyd, Elkins & Innes, 2018). From the analysis of the findings of the interview, the family has quite a healthy background. The mother is a medical practitioner who ensures that the family meal comprises nutritious food. However, as a nursing practitioner, Mrs. AR has varying shifts and most of the time due to the high demand for nursing services. In such circumstances, the remaining family members purchase fast foods such as fries and burgers. Fast foods contain high content of fats and carbohydrates. Continuous intake of high-fat content foods increases the risk of developing lifestyle diseases such as obesity. In addition, the mother ensures every member of the family seeks medical services whenever they fall ill. Mr. AR is asthmatic, and so is their last-born daughter. The two manage their condition by taking the prescribed drugs and use inhalers whenever they have an attack. The other family members are well trained to offer first aid to any medical situation, especially during asthma attacks. As an adult the father engages his family in regular physical exercises. 

Health Patterns Strength

The family engages in different healthy patterns. A family’s healthy patterns are described as the activities and behaviors that improve their health (Alderwick & Gottlieb, 2019). The first healthy pattern is the physical activity of all members. All members of the family engage in physical activities such as exercise. Mr. AR goes for evening walks after work whenever possible. The first-born daughter is part of the volleyball team. The second-born daughter is also active in sports, especially with the family. The mother, Mrs. AR, tries to join her husband as much as possible with the evening walks and they talk about the future family plans and everyday life. The grandfather is quite active as well as he takes out the family dog for a walk daily. 

The second functional health pattern strength of the family is the regular medical checkup. Regular checkups help an individual avoid a wide variety of diseases and health complications (Lloyd, Elkins & Innes, 2018). Continuous medical checkup additionally helps an individual to reduce the risk factor of getting serious and mild infections. The father and the grandfather visit the clinics for full body checkups once every six months. The children visit their physicians once every year. The regular checkups identify any preexisting medical conditions such as dental issues. 

Health Barriers

From the findings of the assessment, the family engages in several activities that hinder their health. The first barrier is the occasional poor diet through fast foods. When the parents are away, the grandfather orders fast food for the family. High sugar and junk foods increase the risk of dental cavities and lifestyle diseases such as diabetes (Ginsburg, Wu & Orlando, 2019). The second barrier to health is poor parental guidance. Poor parental care increases the risk of children developing mental health issues. The children stated that they feel loved and cared for by their parents, their mother sometimes spend less time with the children due to overtime at work for extra cash or not enough nurses in the schedule at the hospital. The children are happy overall, and father is always there to guide them. The third barrier to health is poor sleeping patterns. The two children spend a lot of time with their friends and in after school activities and ever since summer vacation the sleeping pattern has been neglected so the children sleep during the day and are awake during the night. This has affected their sleeping patterns has told. 

Conclusion

In conclusion, the family unit influences an individual’s physical, social and mental health. Engaging in healthy practices such as physical activity and proper nutrition reduces the risks of developing lifestyle diseases. Barriers to family health are poor diet, lack of inactivity, poor sleep patterns, and poor parental guidance and care.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Reference

Alderwick, H., & Gottlieb, L. M. (2019). Meanings and misunderstandings: a social determinants of health lexicon for health care systems. The Milbank Quarterly, 97(2), 407.

Ginsburg, G. S., Wu, R. R., & Orlando, L. A. (2019). Family health history: underused for actionable risk assessment. The Lancet, 394(10198), 596-603.

Lloyd, B., Elkins, M., & Innes, L. (2018). Barriers and enablers of patient and family centred care in an Australian acute care hospital: Perspectives of health managers. Patient Experience Journal, 5(3), 55-64.