(Answered) NURS 6512 Week 3 Case Study Assignment; Assessment Tools

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NURS 6512 Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic

NURS 6512 Week 3 Case Study Assignment; Assessment Tools and Diagnostic; (Case) Overweight 5-year-old black boy

(Case) Overweight 5-year-old black boy with overweight parents who work full-time and the boy spends his time after school with his grandmother

  • Explore issues such as sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values.
  • You will also consider examples of children with various weight issues.
  • Explore how you could effectively gather information and encourage parents and caregivers to be proactive about their children’s health and weight.
  • Based on the risks you identified, consider what further information you would need to gain a full understanding of the child’s health. Think about how you could gather this information in a sensitive fashion.
  • Consider how you could encourage parents or caregivers to be proactive toward the child’s health.

Include the following:

  • An explanation of the health issues and risks that are relevant to the child you were assigned.
  • Describe additional information you would need in order to further assess his or her weight-related health.
  • Identify and describe any risks and consider what further information you would need to gain a full understanding of the child’s health. Think about how you could gather this information in a sensitive fashion.
  • Taking into account the parents’ and caregivers’ potential sensitivities, list at least three specific questions you would ask about the child to gather more information.
  • Provide at least two strategies you could employ to encourage the parents or caregivers tobe proactive about their child’s health and weight.

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Introduction

In this case study, the participant is a five-year-old African American child with a weight problem. Because his parents work full-time jobs, his grandmother takes turns watching him daily after school. The alarming rise in the prevalence of childhood obesity is a serious cause for concern for the public’s health. The prevalence of obesity in children is alarmingly high, at 18.5%, or 13.7 million children. In addition, communities of color are struck much more severely than in white areas. The rate of childhood obesity was 14.1% among children of Caucasian descent, whereas it was 22.0% among children of African American descent (CDC, 2019). We consider a person obese if their body mass index (BMI) is equal to or greater than the 95th percentile for their age and gender….

Obesity and Health Risks

Overweight children are at an increased risk of experiencing health difficulties both now and in the future. Overweight children are increasingly being identified as having adult-onset diseases, such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and elevated cholesterol (Gavin, 2015).……..Please click the icon below to purchase full answer at $10