Health Assessment

Health Assessment

.Access the Healthy People website at https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives

Pick a topic that has to do with oral or visual health, including tobacco and sleep health. Read about the topic and Healthy People’s goals and issues for promoting health in this area. Considering this please address the following prompts in your discussion:  Health Assessment

In your health history and physical examination, what are important areas to address for your chosen topic, according to Healthy People?
What questions would you ask in the health history to get the best information about the patient’s health status in this area?
What assessment data in this area would you collect that would be important health indicators?

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These topics must be addressed in paragraph form. You may list some questions and assessment data, but there should be discussion about these.

Health assessment
In your health history and physical examination, what are important areas to address for your chosen topic, according to Healthy People?
The chose topic is vision with the objective being to improve visual health through prevention strategies, early diagnosis, treatment in a timely manner, and rehabilitation. In this case, vision is considered an important topic since it is an essential component of daily life that affects every person irrespective if demographic peculiarity such as age, gender, race and so on. It notes that despite vision being of importance, visual impairment continues to be reported with many more being at risk of either preventable eye injuries or ailments. Given this awareness, there is a need for evidence-based strategies to support medical interventions that prevent blindness and preserve sight (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2018).
What questions would you ask in the health history to get the best information about the patient’s health status in this area?
Some of the questions to ask include:
• Do you attend regularly scheduled eye screenings and exams?
• Have you ever had any problems with your vision such as discharge, double vision or burning?
• Have you experienced a previous eye injury? Health Assessment
• When did your vision symptoms begin?
• Do you currently have any vision problems requiring medication or eyewear?
• Does any member of your family suffer from vision problems such as wearing glasses, amblyopia, glaucoma, retinoblastoma or congenital cataracts?
• Do you have a neurological disorder such as seizures?
• Do you have any general health problem?
• Are there any environment-related or work-related conditions that could affect your vision (such as persons working in the construction or dusty environment)?
What assessment data in this area would you collect that would be important health indicators?
Assessment data concerning vision that would be important health indicators include:
• Incidence of vision problems based on demographic peculiarities.
• Comparison of vision problems incidences.
• Incidence of the different types of vision problems.
• The targeted incidence rate that acts as an objective for medical services.
Reference
US Department of Health and Human Services (2018). Vision. Retrieved from https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/vision Health Assessment