Written Assignment Unit 1
Psychology 1111
Deborah Nolan
Our assignment this week is to discuss the case of a single mother with health issues and how numerous factors may contribute to her lack of good health. This paper will discuss those factors and hopefully give some insight into possibilities for a better life for this mother.
From the assignment: She is a 30-year-old woman with 2 children, does not smoke, works long hours on her job, and mostly eats processed food with her children. She has what appears to be chronic fatigue syndrome and occasional chest pain, and now has been diagnosed with hypertension.
We can start by examining some of the factors that cause this young mother an inordinate amount of stress, and then we can look at
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Thankfully she does not smoke, which would give her an additional risk factor and almost certainly would contribute to a further decline in her conditions. I would also venture a guess that she does not have good health insurance and even if she does, she probably finds it difficult to get time to see a doctor or to take care of …show more content…
We have seen in multiple studies and research how stress can affect and directly even cause chronic health conditions, and that health psychology teaches us to look at our health in a unique way than the biomedical approach to disease. Other factors can contribute to a disease state such as diet and genetics. In order to treat the patient in the health continuum—a mind/body approach—it is necessary to look at all these factors as integral parts of the disease state. The mom and her physician can look at a variety of ways to help with her stress, such as dietary changes away from the processed foods and doing some research into ways to eat healthier foods on a budget. They can also look at medications to treat her hypertension, but along with that perhaps counseling is in order as well to help her deal with her stress. All these methodologies may contribute to her leading a healthier lifestyle and setting a good example for her
She seems to be a strong willed person who goes out of her way to make a living and try to get the resources needed for her sick family. She lived in a situation where she barely makes enough to maintain the family. In certain situations she has to omit information to get assistance. Her husband Robert works but does not earn a lot of money. His goes out very early three times a week to do dialysis.
Continuing getting a fluoroscopy and the needle with air treatments. They gradually decreased until the doctor told her she could discontinue the treatments. The doctor informed her that she should not have children because it would put to much strain on her. She was not going to let that stop her. She wanted to go back to work and her mother put her foot down and had her take it easy to continue healing.
The strengths and resilience of African American single mothers has historically changed families and communities for the better. However, African American single mothers are often a vulnerable population at risk for poor physical and mental health with negative outcomes outweighing both their female and male counterparts (Hatcher, Rayens, Peden, & Hall, 2012). There has been numerous race comparative self-esteem studies and research on the effects of single parenthood on child and adolescent self-esteem.
She told me she was pregnant and they have had to plan for this pregnancy for about six months. They know she will be off her medicine for the duration of the pregnancy. She has had a job and she has found that high stress reduces the quality of life. She was going to get another job and her husband asked her if it was necessary to have this job? She is finding her limits in life and learning how to take on the challenges that come her way.
Setting: Hospital Social Service is a small agency specializing in providing services relation to health, home care, and basic needs assistance. The agency employees consist of over 20 staff that has many years of experiences in health care, home care, and basic needs field. Metro Social Services is a free service agency open to the communities near Birchville, California. Identifying Information: Ms. Joan Cassell is a 23-year-old young Caucasian woman who lives at home with her family.
The reason for this is because while she was being interviewed she mentioned everything that went on with her mother used to make her sick to where she would have to take medicine,
Correspondingly, releasing a baby into the care of a former drug addict runs the risk of relapse and is a danger to the future of the child. Due to lack of proper care, officials remove the child when a mother does not seek sobriety. With the mother undergoing so much change and barely grasping reality, she is in no condition to look after a baby, she must first help herself. Most hospital workers fail to convince mothers to enter into drug-treatment programs, and some mothers refuse the care-most being poor and uneducated women (Condon 2). These mothers are not able to give the right care for their children and risk the child’s safety.
Introduction Health is an important element throughout our life. A person’s health can be affected by many social factors such as gender roles and economic positions. As there are differences in health status between different populations groups, health inequality is then formed, for example, differences in morbidity and mortality rates between people from different social classes. In my essay, I will first define the meaning of ‘health’ from different perspectives. Then, I will talk about how social factors such as gender roles and economic positions determine a person’s health.
According to the American Heart Association Ernesto L. Schiffrin, M.D. states “When stress is excessive, it can contribute to everything from high blood pressure, also called hypertension, to asthma to ulcers to irritable bowel syndrome”. Due to low income; people of lower
“busy mothers” and “working women,” ages 25 to 49” (Moss 267). Then the companies use their abundant resources to study who in the family unit is most vulnerable and then attack them. Not literally like the villagers in Africa killing the elephants but from a marketing standpoint which also burdens the mind of the consumer. This attack on the consumer can result in an addiction to the junk food which laces the food industries pockets but is causing the
The assessment of risk is a critical part of child welfare advocacy. The review of instruments of different instruments for assessing risk and safety in child welfare focuses on instrument reliability, validity, outcomes, and use with children and families of color. The evaluation of risk assessment instruments generally includes broad categories of areas related to abuse and neglect, behavioral descriptions, procedures to determine levels of risk, and standardized forms to record this information (Rycus & Hughes, 2003). In the process of screening for a case study, instruments are used to determine if the child or family needs further assessment, treatment, or intervention services. In evaluating the Van Sise family I have found that the following
This illustrates how the influence of society can be detrimental to health when individuals want to follow the “norms”. The interpersonal level of the model is the influence of relationships between people. Family dynamics are key here. It is not inaccurate to conclude that in East Harlem, the lack of resources impacts families. Most likely they all eat unhealthy, are sedentary, are stressed and do not have access to adequate health care.
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Healthy People (2015), these factors underlie preventable disparities in health status and disease outcomes. Poor health outcomes are often the result of the interaction between individuals and their social and physical environment. Policies that result in changes to the social and physical environment can affect entire populations over extended periods of time, while simultaneously helping people to change individual-level behavior. Improving the conditions in which people are born, live, work, and age will ensure a healthier population, thereby improving national productivity, security, and prosperity through a healthier nation. The importance of social determinants of health is growing initiatives to address these determinants of health.
CHANGING CARE NEEDS THROUGH LIFE STAGES The aim of this assignment is to discuss in general the physical, intellectual, emotional and social development of a person in late adulthood. This will be completed by going through each heading and describing the different elements of each stage. Following that, I will compare *the norm* with a lady called Margaret.