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Family and community Interview
A. Provide a brief overview of the family members. Complete a genogram and ecomap. Explain the key points of therapeutic conversation. Formulate key questions for additional information. Ensure your assessment addresses: • Identifying data • Developmental stage and history of family • Environmental data • Family structure • Family functions • Family stress and coping • Family composition B. Examine your selected family’s community. Review the windshield survey guidelines. Review Table 1-1 (p. 100) of Community/Public Health Nursing, Healthy People 2020, and the Community Tool Box for information about completing a windshield survey. Observe your selected family’s community by driving around the area. Consider aspects of the community that could affect residents’ health and any Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators that may be applicable to the community. Complete a windshield survey that addresses the following components: • Boundaries • Housing and zoning • Open space • Commons • Transportation • Social service centers • Stores, businesses, and industries • Street people and animals • Condition of the area • Race, culture, and ethnicity • Religion • Health indicators and morbidity • Politics • Media • Signs of decay • Crime rate • Employment rate • Schools • Environmental factors • Public services (fire, police) Read the Community Tool Box for information about completing a windshield Family can be African American Medical history: (COPD), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol. Community study: Service Planning Area 6 or SPA 6. located in the south of los Angeles County. SPA 6 consist of several small cities: Lynwood, Compton, Paramount, South Gate, and Athens. Living in Lynwood, CA.
