Family Health Assessment

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Health Assessment
A comprehensive family assessment provides the foundation to promote family health (Kaakinen, 2010). Gordon’s functional health assessment is a holistic approach describing the individual’s biopsychosocial-spiritual, interrelated behaviors in 11 different areas in a family/community life (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). The author of this report, assessed a family of four that live in Aurora, Illinois by asking open ended questions in the eleven categories of Gordon’s functional health pattern theory. The author then analyzed the data and developed a wellness diagnosis for the family.
Values, Health Perception
The family interviewed is a mixed Asian cultural family of a transnational marriage. The husband is 45 years old Asian Indian …show more content…

They do not prefer processed food. Both the Children, prefer home-packed lunches than eating school lunch. They think that home food is much tastier and healthier than school lunch. Family likes to cook both Indian and Thai dishes. Mr. Kakunar prepares an Indian dish called sambar with lots of vegetables and lentil, which the family enjoys a lot and considers a very tasty way to eat vegetables. Mrs. Kakunar has a family history of diabetes and colon cancer, so she is very keen on choosing healthy diet. The family considers breakfast, is very important meal of the day to provide energy and nutrients and maintaining a healthy body …show more content…

The children need to go to school early in the morning for extracurricular activities. On weekdays children go to sleep by 9 PM and 10 or 11 PM on weekends. Mrs. Kakunar works on evening shift in her nursing home. She usually gets only six hours of sleeping. She tries to compensate by naps and extended sleep during her off days. She complains that she has trouble sleeping and feel tiered due to lack of sleep.
Elimination
Mr. Kakunar and the children have regular bowl movements, while Mrs. Kakunar is constipated at times. She cannot sleep when constipated and feels bloated. She has increased fiber intake in the diet and sometimes uses laxative to get relief. She feels that the constipation at times interferes the lifestyle and family activities. The family members have no complaints about the urination.
Activity/Exercise
Mr. and Mrs. Kakunar find little time for regular exercises during weekdays, due to the work schedule and long commute. They are aware of importance of exercise and wish they could make a routine exercise. Mrs. Kakunar requires to walk a lot during her nursing duties and she, considers it as a form of exercise. The children are active in sport activities to get enough exercises. Mr. Kakunar likes to play with the children especially baseball with his son. The family likes outdoor activities like biking, swimming and

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