Understanding family structure and style is essential to patient and family care. Conducting a family interview and needs assessment gathers information to identify strengths, as well as potential barriers to health. This information ultimately helps develop family-centered strategies for support and guidance.

This family health assessment is a two-part assignment. The information you gather in this initial assignment will be utilized for the second assignment in Topic 3.

Develop an interview questionnaire to be used in a family-focused functional assessment. The questionnaire must include three open-ended, family-focused questions to assess functional health patterns for each of the following:

1. Values/Health Perception
2. Nutrition
3. Sleep/Rest
4. Elimination
5. Activity/Exercise
6. Cognitive
7. Sensory-Perception
8. Self-Perception
9. Role Relationship
10. Sexuality
11. Coping

Select a family, other than your own, and seek permission from the family to conduct an interview. Utilize the interview questions complied in your interview questionnaire to conduct a family-focused functional assessment. Document the responses as you conduct the interview.

Upon completion of the interview, write a 850-1,000-word paper. Analyze your assessment findings. Submit your questionnaire as an appendix with your assignment.

Include the following in your paper:

1. Describe the family structure. Include individuals and any relevant attributes defining the family composition, race/ethnicity, social class, spirituality, and environment.
2. Summarize the overall health behaviors of the family. Describe the current health of the family.
3. Based on your findings, describe at least two of the functional health pattern strengths noted in the findings. Discuss three areas in which health problems or barriers to health were identified.
4. Describe how family systems theory can be applied to solicit changes in family members that, in turn, initiate positive changes to the overall family functions over time.

Cite at least three peer-reviewed or scholarly sources to complete this assignment. Sources should be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

 In previous weeks we have been reviewing the prevalence, mortality and morbidity associated with breast cancer. This is a topic of extreme public and personal interest. Primary care providers deal with the diagnosis, and the screening of breast cancer on a daily basis. Therefore, in this discussion we will discuss about the importance of understanding the advantages and limitations of its screening .

3 references 

Select a research article, other than the articles from your assignments, from the GCU library. Provide an overview of the study and describe the strategy that was used to select the sample from the population. Evaluate the effectiveness of the sampling method selected. Provide support for your answer. Include the article title and permalink in your post.

One paragraph required with one reference

 Using what you have learned from the assigned readings for this module, analyze current and proposed uses of patient care technologies, including health information technology (HIT), in the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data to design and deliver cost-effective care. 

Identify a coordination activity and associated HIT example from the AHRQ Mechanisms for Achieving Care Coordination (Domains) table (Care Coordination: The Game Changer, Table 1, pp. 156). 

Discuss the impact of the activity/example on care coordination and the lateral integration of patient care within, across, and among healthcare providers in various healthcare settings. 

You must incorporate a minimum of one scholarly resource into the discussion beyond the text and required readings to support your short paper. 

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: 

1. Patient Care Technologies: Analyze current and proposed uses of patient care technologies, including HIT, in the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data to design and deliver cost-effective care. 

2. Coordination Activity: Identify a coordination activity and associated HIT example from the AHRQ Mechanisms for Achieving Care Coordination (Domains) table (Care Coordination: The Game Changer, Table 1, pp. 156). 

3.Activity Impact: Discuss the impact of the activity/example on care coordination and the lateral integration of patient care within, across, and among healthcare providers in various healthcare settings. 

 Scholarly Resource: Incorporate a minimum of one scholarly resource beyond the text and required readings to support your short paper.

 Guidelines for Submission: Your paper should be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least one piece of resource material cited in APA 7th ed. format.