Family health history play an important role in health promotion and risk assessment. A family medical history is the record of a health information about a person and his or her close relatives. Families have many factors in common such as genes, lifestyle and environment, these factors can give hints to medical conditions that may run in a family. By looking at the patterns of conditions in the family, health care providers can identify whether an induvial is at risk of developing certain condition. A family history can identify people with a higher than usual chance of having common conditions such as heart disease, hypertension, stroke, certain cancers and diabetes as these complex disorders are influenced by genetic factors, environmental conditions and life style choices. A family history also can provide information about the risk of getting certain conditions caused by mutations in a single gene, such as cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disease. Knowing one’s family medical history allows a …show more content…
In 2013, 11,955 women in the United States were diagnosed with cervical cancer as well as 4,217 women died from cervical cancer. However, in the past 40 years, the number of deaths from the cervical cancer and number of cases from the cancer has decreased as a result of many women getting regular pap tests (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016). The goal of cervical cancer screening is to identify precancerous lesions and invasive cancer. Early identification benefits the harms related to invasive procedures require follow up on positive screening tests. Earlier initiation and increased screening are associated with more false positive results, which requires additional testing and treatment, with little change in cancer risk. Abnormal screening results requires, more frequent testing and invasive procedures such as colposcopy or biopsy or both (Volerman & Sifu,
The biological approach can be applied in a health setting through hospitals and schools. Due to the biological approach being centralised around genes, doctors can use this approach to help them detect illnesses that may have been inherited from family members. It is best for GP’s to gain this information from parents in the early stages of a child’s life so that they know in advance whether or not the child is prone to gain any life changing illnesses, if this happens the doctor may be able to give the child treatment for these type of illnesses from an early age.
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The contributing factor is lack of knowledge and family medical screening. Understanding the history of your genetic line specific to your race and ethnicity may be helpful in preventing heart disease later on in adulthood.... ... middle of paper ... ... Current studies of note have focused primarily on middle-class and/or suburban populations.
LG stated that her family stays well educated regarding their health and family history and if they have any questions about the genetic problems in the family, they will typically research the internet and follow up with their general practitioner. LG, her siblings, and their mother are in good health and are not dealing with major medical matters at this time. Interventions for this family should be tailored to help them keep up on current information about heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, which are the main medical issues in their family medical history, and having a plan that ensures they continue getting regular health checkups. In conclusion, it is important for nurses to have proper training and information in the area of genetics and genomics so that it can be used in daily clinical practice (Thompson & Brooks, 2011). Using this information with clients and conducting a detailed genetic nursing assessment is a valuable component of being an effective health care provider and can help clients recognize, prevent, and/or treat diseases that are unique to their particular family.
The purpose of this paper is to promote the importance of a multi-generational health history, expose my family’s risk factors for illness and disease, and determine if that illness or disease presents a genetic component. I will also identify the family member that is most at risk for genetically transferred diseases in the pedigree, explain why, and recommend healthy practice for the patient. The relationship of genetics to health and prevention will also be addressed. (maybe tie in last sentence?)
A genetic family history assessment contains information about family structure and relationships. A typical nurse will use a three-generation family pedigree to gather the information. By doing so, nurses can be aware of which family members are at risk for disorders from a genetic component. Therefore, they can be provided with lifestyle advice, recommendations, and referrals to appropriate specialists (Kaakinen, Coehlo, Steele, Tabacco & Hanson, 2015). A genetic family history assessment will be provided about my family.
History can tell people many things about the past, about where people came from, how they developed. People can learn many things from history, and this can prevent humans from repeating the past and making a better future. This becomes especially important when taking into account medical history. Medical history can prevent harm of a specific patient, but also prevent harm and asses risks for their family members. Multigenerational medical history covers many generations of close and distant relatives and any medical issues they may have had. This can be especially helpful to promote prevention of a known family disease. If a person knows that their family is at risk for inheriting a genetic disease, they can start early on watching
Family history possesses valuable information about a person’s past and future life. It can be used as a powerful screening tool to help conduct decisions about genetic testing for you and family members at risk. Family history can identify potential health problems that an individual has an increased risk for in their lifetime. With early identification, you can begin taking steps to reduce the risk with things such as lifestyle changes of diet and exercise. In many cases, just by adopting a healthier lifestyle can reduce your risk for diseases that run in your family.
Trevena L. (2009) Cancer screening Reprinted from Australian Family Physician: School of Public Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales. Vol. 38, No. 4
Family Health Problems Tree The purpose I searched for my family health history was to see what complications may occur in my future or in my family. There are a couple of benefits behind me researching the diseases throughout my family history, including that I can learn what is prevalent which may put me at risk of contracting it, it can help me change my lifestyle to prevent or lower my chances, and help me prepare for what may arise. The diseases that are most prevalent in my family that will most likely affect me or my brothers and sisters are Diabetes, Migraine, High Blood Pressure, and High Cholesterol. Diabetes is a disease that I came across when researching the maternal side of my family history.
In this paper, I will be discussing my family health history as illustrated in the disease family tree. What is family health history? Family health history refers to a collection of information about diseases that run in your family, as well as the eating habits, activities, and environments that your family shares. The knowledge about diseases in your family can help you make healthy choices. One’s family history can affect one’s health in different ways since we inherit many things from our parents and grandparents; genes passed on to you from your parents can determine your health. Some genes can increase one’s chances of developing certain diseases but it can also depend on the type of environment, life style or behavior, geographical
Most people believe that biological factors play a huge role in members of a family becoming ill. We often think that our genetic makeup will ultimately lead our health down the same paths as earlier members of our families that have suffered from illnesses. While this concept may appear to be rather common, genetic factors show likelihood that the possibility is there, but not a certitude. In some cases of cardiovascular problems or cancer, having the genes create predispositions or proneness to a specific type of action; however, to say it would be without a doubt would be a fallacy.
As explained by Loghmani, Borhani, & Abbaszadeh, (2014), to establish the specific health conditions of a given family, a family health assessment is important to be performed. In addition, this procedure gives the nurse and other health care practitioners the ability to identify the health needs of the family. Therefore, through this process the nurse achieves the opportunity to communicate with the family, examine to detect potential risks for any health issues, get opportunities for health education, and provide health. Moreover, for the nurse to effectively succeed in this assessment, the interview needs to be performed effectively, data piled appropriately, and the nurse completes the examination. Guided by the Gordon’s 11 functional health
Family medicine are doctor that provides basic health care to all the members of a family and patients, Family medicine treat and diagnose diseases and stop the immediate abnormal growth, family medicine care for all ages, sexes, each organ system. Family medicine also provides personal care for the individual in the community.
Family lifestyle refers to the way that families live and their attitude, knowledge, and habits. Moreover, family lifestyle is an important determinant of family health. There are several aspects of lifestyle that affects health such as smoking, home safety and food safety. I visited Mr. Doed Mrs. Mary in order to understand the lifestyle better. They have three children, one boy and two girls. In this report, I will describe the family’s knowledge, attitude and practice in terms of smoking, home safety and food safety.