Develop an interview questionnaire to be used in a family-focused functional assessment. The questionnaire must include three open-ended, family-focused questions to assess functional health patterns for each of the following:
Values/Health Perception
Nutrition
Sleep/Rest
Elimination
Activity/Exercise
Cognitive
Sensory-Perception
Self-Perception
Role Relationship
Sexuality
Coping
Select a family (preferably older) and seek permission from the family to conduct an interview. Utilize the interview questions complied in your interview questionnaire to conduct a family-focused functional assessment. Document the responses as you conduct the interview.
Upon completion of the interview, write a 750-1,000-word paper. Analyze your assessment findings. Submit your questionnaire as an appendix with your assignment.
Include the following in your paper:
Describe the family structure. Include individuals and any relevant attributes defining the family composition, race/ethnicity, social class, spirituality, and environment.
Summarize the overall health behaviors of the family. Describe the current health of the family.
Based on your findings, describe at least two of the functional health pattern strengths noted in the findings. Discuss three areas in which health problems or barriers to health were identified.
Describe how family systems theory can be applied to solicit changes in family members that, in turn, initiate positive changes to the overall family functions over time.
Cite at least three peer-reviewed or scholarly sources to complete this assignment. Sources should be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA , NO PLAGIARISM PLEASE. 3 pages of analysis of the answers and 1 page with the questionnaire as an apendix.
Family Health Assessment
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Family Health Assessment
Family assessment is very crucial in determining the overall health status of the family in question and areas to focus on to improve its health. It contributes significantly to the collection of crucial information about the strengths and potential barriers to the health of the family (Kaakinen et al., 2018). With such information, it is easy to develop family-centered strategies that can guide and support participants health-wise. Kaakinen et al. (2018) report that the result of such an assessment benefits the whole society because a healthy family is a healthy society. In this discussion, I will give a case study of a family to conduct a family assessment as directed. I will choose lee’s family and use a questionnaire with open-ended questions to conduct the assessment.
The Family Structure
Lee’s family is made up of seven people. Lee and his wife Jane are between ages 40 and 45. They have three daughters – Rose, Kelly, and Sharon of age 17, 13, and 9 respectively. Lee is living with his parents of ages between 70 and 75. They live in a family-owned home in Texas. The family members are all Caucasians who subscribe to Christianity. Lee works as an accountant in the government labor department in Texas, while Jane, his wife is a senior teacher in a nearby school. The grandparents are retired and currently provide voluntary and paid services at the community church where they go from time to time. The children are going to the same school where their mother works. During most weekends, the family visits neighbors and hangs out with friends.
The Overall Health Behaviors of the Family
From the interview conducted, it is evident that Jane is the one who primarily ensures the health of the family members. Janes says that she ensures that the children take homemade soup and salad for good health. She has also prohibited them from taking fast food. After leaving work at 5 pm, Jane helps in the house chores, such as cooking but mostly watches soap operas in the house. Previously, the grandparents had a routine of going to a laughing club every weekend. However, they recently stopped because they prefer going to church. Lee is mostly busy with his work and this denies him time for exercise and recreational activities. After work, Lee reads a newspaper and watches news.
Health Pattern Strengths and Problems or Barriers
Among the health strengths identified from the interview, the family maintains daily intake of fruits and green vegetables, regular water intake, and evening walks. Fang et al. (2015) recommend these practices for general good health. Among the major health concerns reported by this family are stress, anxiety, and fatigue. Lee and Jane find it hard to make a good family-work balance that puts them to stress, anxiety, and fatigue. With stress and fatigue, it is easy for the parents to develop blood pressure and diabetes, as Kohls et al. (2016) report. The children have limited interaction with the outside world as they are mostly playing video games in the house. Such games and indoor activities are associated with numbness and feet and hands pain (Kohls et al., 2016). The elders like Lee, Jane, and the grandparents only sleep for five to six hours a day while the children sleep for seven to eight hours. Four women in the family (excluding the last born, Sharon) report breathing problems and tiredness after easy household work. The grandparents suffer from high blood pressure and joint pain.
Applying the Family Systems Theory
The family system theory highlights the important contributions that a family has to the overall behavioral patterns of individual members. The overall functioning of a family can easily be determined by observing the various aspects of the theory, such as emotional cut-off, family problems, sibling behavior, and nuclear family issues (Erdem & Safi, 2018). For example, the family reports doing morning walks. This is a behavior that was originally initiated by Lee’s father and has become a family custom. The theory also reports that showing love and affection to children helps build their emotional attachment and loyalty to the family and makes them value family (Erdem & Safi, 2018). The can prove why the family has remained a well-knit one up until now.
Family health assessment is an important activity that can help ensure the good health of a family. This assessment has revealed crucial details that can guide a health provider to support the family accordingly. For instance, the assessment shows that the family should be advised to let the children have more outdoor activities to boost their health. Additionally, the family should work on lowering stress and having enough sleep. As such, family care providers should always ensure to conduct family health assessments before commencing their duties.
References
Fang, X., Vincent, W., Calabrese, S. K., Heckman, T. G., Sikkema, K. J., Humphries, D. L., & Hansen, N. B. (2015). Resilience, stress, and life quality in older adults living with HIV/AIDS. Aging & mental health, 19(11), 1015-1021. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2014.1003287
Erdem, G., & Safi, O. A. (2018). The cultural lens approach to Bowen family systems theory: Contributions of family change theory. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 10(2), 469-483. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12258
Kaakinen, J. R., Coehlo, D. P., Steele, R., & Robinson, M. (2018). Family health care nursing: Theory, practice, and research. FA Davis.
Offenbächer, M., Kohls, N., Walker, L., Hermann, C., Hügle, B., Jäger, N., … & Haas, J. P. (2016). Functional limitations in children and adolescents suffering from chronic pain: validation and psychometric properties of the German Functional Disability Inventory (FDI-G). Rheumatology international, 36(10), 1439-1448. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-016-3504-5
Appendix
The Interview Questionnaire
Values/Health Perception
- Why do you consider health the most important aspect of your family?
- What are your family values regarding the health of the children?
- How do your social and medical conditions work parallel to each other?
Nutrition
- At mealtimes do you eat together?
- What kind of unhealthy food do you allow your children to have?
- What types of foods does the family eat in the home?
Sleep/Rest
- What techniques do you use to relax before sleep?
- How many hours a day do you sleep?
- How far do you think the amount of rest you take is more than necessary?
Elimination
- How many times do you use the washroom in a day?
- How often do you have a bowel movement is your pattern regular?
- Do you have any issues regarding proper elimination?
Activity/Exercise
- How many times a week do you work out? If less why?
- What kind of exercises do you like to do?
- How much exercise do you get in a typical week?
Cognitive
- Do you ever get confused?
- How are decisions made?
- What are the languages that you speak excluding your mother tongue?
Sensory-Perception
- How is your eyesight?
- Is taste a problem?
- Do you have any breathing problems?
Self-Perception
- What do you think of yourself?
- What do you do when you are depressed?
- Do you have any doubt regarding your external appearance?
Role Relationship
- How is your marital relationship?
- How do you discipline?
- How is your bonding with other family members?
Sexuality
- How your religion bars you from any kind of sexual activity?
- Is there any sexual dysfunction?
- How often do you have sex?
Coping
- Have there been any prominent stressful events in your life lately?
- How do you cope with any kind of medical emergency?
- How do you deal with any kind of personal crisis?