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DESCRIPTION:
Understanding family structure and style is essential to patient and family care. Conducting a family
interview and needs assessment gathers information to identify strengths, as well as potential
barriers to health. This information ultimately helps develop family-centered strategies for support
and guidance.
This family health assessment is a two-part assignment. The information you gather in this initial
assignment will be utilized for the second assignment in Topic 3.
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:
1. Values/Health Perception
2. Nutrition
3. Sleep/Rest
4. Elimination
5. Activity/Exercise
6. Cognitive
7. Sensory-Perception
8. Self-Perception
9. Role Relationship
10.Sexuality
11. Coping
Select a family, other than your own, 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:
1. Describe the family structure. Include individuals and any relevant attributes defining the
family composition, race/ethnicity, social class, spirituality, and environment.
2. Summarize the overall health behaviors of the family. Describe the current health of the family.
3. 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.
4. 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.
ANSWER:
Interview questions
1.Values/Health Perception- what is the general health of your family or how healthy is your family?
2. Nutrition- what kind of food do your family eat. Are the foods nutritious?
3. Sleep/Rest- how many hours a day do your family sleep ….
Discussion
The structure of the family I interviewed was a blended family. A blended family is a family whereby one or both parents have children from a previous marriage. In this case, the father has two children from his previous marriage. The family generally shares a common bloodline and has a genetic relationship. They have a diverse racial background. The father is a White while the mother is a Mexican. Previously, the father was married to a black African, and therefore the family is made up of the mixed race. From the interview, the family fits in a middle social class in society. Society groups social class based on educational attainment, occupation, wealth, income, and membership in a social network (Thomas, Liu, & Umberson, 2017). Both the parents have a bachelor’s degree with a net worth between $32,000 and $50,000 annually. Both parents are working, and this enables them to meet their family needs and demands. They are Christians and have strong beliefs that govern the way they bring up their children. The environment is made up of middle-class buildings with numerous social amenities to continue reading, click the button below.