Family Health Assessment

Family health assessment

Introduction
The society with which an individual interacts have significant impact on his/her
preferences and living style. It also impacts food habits and associated preferences.
Considering this fact, focus of the present assignment would be on social determinant of
health and the ways it impact Mr. Daniels family.
1] Considering the case of Mr. Daniels, the Social Determinant of health [SDOH] that
impacts the members of the family is healthy behaviors. This SDOH have major impact
on the health status of Daniels’s family is healthy behavior. To elaborate it further, it can
be observed apart from his two daughters, his wife, his mother along with he himself is
not having a good physical health and associated condition.
In this regards, healthy behavior can be defined as the incorporation of healthy habits like
consuming food at a proportionate rate and being associated with physical activities. As a
result of lack of its presence in Daniels’s family, he can be seen to be suffering from
Diabetes. His mother can also be seen to be effected by osteoarthritis and diabetes. On
the other hand, his wife can be seen to be suffering from depression. As a result of lack of
an active living style, these issues can be seen to be prevalent in their family. The reason
of prevalence of these factors in their family is lack of understanding, awareness and
education about the importance of active living style (Viner et al., 2012).
2] In case of Mr. Daniels’s health screening should include a blood pressure check,
cholesterol check along with fasting blood sugar levels. The reason of opting cholesterol
check and blood pressure check is due to the fact that, he leads a sedentary life and his
food consumption pattern is not healthy. Moreover, he also gets indulged in smoking.
This results in increasing the risk of high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Conducting
fasting blood sugar test would also help in keeping an eye on the sugar level and help in
checking it. CT scan would also be required to be conducted as he is a smoker and it
would help in understanding the condition of his lungs ("Recommended health screenings
for all life’s stages", 2019).
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