This week you will be working on assessment tools and diagnostic tests as well as health risk concerns
Child Health Case:
Case #1
- 7 year old severely underweight Hispanic female in 2nd grade who lives with her overweight mom during the week and her normal weight father on the weekends.
You are allowed to make up information regarding the details of the case, medications, vital signs and development of the suggested case.
Requirements: 3-4 pages
- Based on the risks you identified, consider what further information you would need to gain a full understanding of the child’s health. Think about how you could gather this information in a sensitive fashion.
- Consider how you could encourage parents or caregivers to be proactive toward the child’s health.
- An explanation of the health issues and risks that are relevant to the child you were assigned.
- Describe additional information you would need in order to further assess his or her weight-related health.
- Identify and describe any risks and consider what further information you would need to gain a full understanding of the child’s health. Think about how you could gather this information in a sensitive fashion.
- Taking into account the parents’ and caregivers’ potential sensitivities, list at least three specific questions you would ask about the child to gather more information.
- Provide at least two strategies you could employ to encourage the parents or caregivers to be proactive about their child’s health and weight.
- references 2017 and up
Answer preview
The assigned child is a 7-year-old Hispanic patient that is overweight. The patient lives with her overweight mother over the week and father who is not overweight during the weekends. Childhood obesity is a prevalent public health issue in the 21st century and is highly associated with the risk of cardiac health issues and diabetes. Psychosocial disorders are other health issues associated with increased Body Mass Index (BMI) in children. The additional information needed to assess the patient’s weight-related condition further includes biological, genetic, and environmental factors.
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