Description
This week you will begin the discussion and provide an introduction to your target population (please be specific and choose a group at high risk by age, gender, socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity etc.) and the needed behavior change.You will then discuss how you would perform an assessment on the individual and/or family.Please let me know if you have questions about this, as this group will continue to be your target group in the next several weeks.
The INITIAL POST should include:
Introduction to your target population and your chosen health promotion behavior change that you will focus on for assignments in weeks 4-8.Please include some epidemiologic information (incidence and prevalence of behavior and focus on data for target population).The CDC may have some good data you can use.
Choose three priority individual assessments from pages 96-105 (functional health patterns, physical fitness, nutrition, life stress, spiritual health, social support systems, health beliefs and lifestyle) you would perform for the targeted population as an individual and the family related to your chosen topic and why? What specific assessment tools would you use for each and why?You may use ones suggested in the Pender book or do an online search for one.
