A PLAN OF ACTION
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Refer back to the interview and evaluation you conducted in the Topic 2 Family Health Assessment assignment. Identify the social determinates of health (SDOH) contributing to the family’s health status. In a 750-1,000-word paper, create a plan of action to incorporate health promotion strategies for this family. Include the following:
- Describe the SDOH that affect the family health status. What is the impact of these SDOH on the family? Discuss why these factors are prevalent for this family.
- 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.
- 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 rationale for your reasoning.
- Using the model, outline the steps for a family-centered health promotion. Include strategies for communication.
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SDOH that affect the family health status
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the social factors that shape the conditions of daily life (Buys, & Somerall, 2018). These conditions include the environment in which the family’s members are born, live, learn, play, work, and age. From the look of things, the family income, social support, education, employment, and gender are the SDOH that influence the health of this specific family. Taking in mind that the family is less empowered and that economically, the family falls in the middle class; they live and work in more degraded environments. This makes the family and in particular the father and the mother to have a higher exposure to risk factors for the disease since they are engaged in demanding activities to provide for the company. Besides, the employment of the mother and that of the father exposes both physiologic impacts from chronic stress. If the trend continues, they will have worse health, and which will consequently affect their lifespan. These SDOH are prevalent in this…
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