Case Study: Health Assessment, Screening, and Prevention Strategies

This case study examines Mr. Holloway's health assessment, focusing on routine screening tests, including physical examinations, and screenings for abdominal aortic aneurysms, blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes. The study emphasizes the importance of these screenings for maintaining health, particularly in older adults. Furthermore, it discusses cancer prevention strategies, such as avoiding tobacco and alcohol, adopting a healthy diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, limiting processed meat, maintaining a healthy weight, and incorporating physical activity. The study highlights the role of regular medical care, including routine examinations of vital signs, in promoting overall health and preventing disease. The assignment uses references to support the discussion, providing evidence-based recommendations for Mr. Holloway's health management.

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The routine screening test that Mr. Holloway should perform respective of the age and gender
are:
1. Physical examination which include weight, height and body mass index.
2. Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening –It provide information about the functioning of
the digestive system and metabolism.
3. Blood pressure screening- It is important to check blood pressure as its information
reveals health issue like hypertension or cardiovascular complication.
4. Cholesterol and heart disease screening – Elderly people tends to have high prevalence of
heart disease due to high cholesterol and high blood pressure (Rockwood et al., 2015).
5. Diabetes screening- People with age above 65 have high risk of diabetes, hence it is
important to be included in routine examination.
The cancer prevention strategies that need to be discussed with Mr Holloway are
1. Nurse will guide him to avoid consumption of tobacco, alcohol and quit smoking as they
are one of the major cause of cancer.
2. Cancer can be prevented by adapting healthy diet rich in fruits, vegetables and whole
grain. There is the need to limit the intake of processed meat (Song et al., 2018).
3. Nurse will advise maintaining healthy weight which is known to lower the risk of cancer
like kidney and liver.
4. Includes physical activity as daily habits which will help to recover from cancer.
5. Other strategies would be take regular medical care which include routine examination of
vital signs like blood pressure, respiratory rate and body temperature (Simmons et al.,
2017).

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Reference
Rockwood, K., McMillan, M., Mitnitski, A., & Howlett, S. E. (2015). A frailty index based on
common laboratory tests in comparison with a clinical frailty index for older adults in
long-term care facilities. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 16(10),
842-847.
Simmons, R. A., Cosgrove, S. C., Romney, M. C., Plumb, J. D., Brawer, R. O., Gonzalez, E.
T., ... & Moore, B. S. (2017). Health literacy: cancer prevention strategies for early
adults. American journal of preventive medicine, 53(3), S73-S77.
Song, M., Vogelstein, B., Giovannucci, E. L., Willett, W. C., & Tomasetti, C. (2018). Cancer
prevention: Molecular and epidemiologic consensus. Science, 361(6409), 1317-1318.