What are some of the diseases you found to be common in your family? What health problems are you possibly at risk for developing? Why?
Part 1: Family Health History
Collect the following information on close family members (parents, siblings,
grandparents, aunt and uncles, and cousins. You need to note whether the disease
or condition is one in which someone has or had, note who the individual is, and the
age at which they were diagnosed or experienced the condition. I WILL NOT BE
COLLECTING THIS INFORMATION. I do realize this information is personal and
private. You will ONLY be using this information to help guide your responses to
the reflection questions.
Part 2: Reflection Questions
You need to reflect on what you have learned about your family’s health history and
what you have learned in class about various non-communicable (chronic) diseases.
You will use the following questions to help guide your reflection. Your reflection
needs to be typed, 12 pt font, double spaced. These questions can help you devise
paragraphs. You should also include an introduction paragraph and conclusion
paragraph.
1.) What are some of the diseases you found to be common in your family? What
health problems are you possibly at risk for developing? Why? What drew you
to these conclusions?
2.) What were/are some of the risk factors (behaviors, genetics, etc.) that increased
the likelihood of people in your family developing various diseases? Explain
how these risk factors played a potential role in the development of diseases in
your family’s lives.
3.) What are some screenings/tests you should receive now and in the future to
detect any of the diseases that appeared in your family’s health history that you
may be at risk for developing? What are the purposes of these
screenings/tests? What do they do when they perform the screening(s)? What
age should you begin to receive these screenings and how often should they be
performed? (You will need to research this information.)
4.) What are some behaviors you currently engage in that you could change or
modify to lower your risk of developing any of the diseases that occurred in your
family that you may be at risk for? How would you make these
changes/modifications? What would these changes/modifications help to
prevent? How? Are there any behaviors you currently engage in that will help
to lower your risk or delay the onset of any of the diseases you are at risk for
developing? If so, what are they and how will they help you lower your risk?
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