Describe a patient using certain characteristics such as age, social supports, and type of community: pregnant teenage girls, mom/dad/boyfriend/etc., low-income community...

Describe a patient using certain characteristics such as age, social supports, and type of community: pregnant teenage girls, mom/dad/boyfriend/etc., low-income community...

Describe the social determinants to health promotion for a specific patient in your community with whom you are familiar: low education, low-income levels, dysfunctional family dynamics, lack of transportation, cigarettes/alcohol/drugs...

Describe the role of social support in health promotion for this patient.

Describe the relationship between social support and social determinants in accessing health promotion for this patient."

Patient Profile

 Name: Emily

 Age: 16 years old

 Social Supports:

 Mother: Sarah is 37 years old part time cashier and she has no formal education as she dropped out from school early. However, the same unfortunate is true for Sarah; she is easily agreeing but rarely available for the schedule either at work or for Emily’s young siblings.

 Father: At the moment James is a 40 years old man, who since he lost his job, he is still looking for a job, thus, he is part of the unemployed population. He has expressed the fact that he is financially stricken, yet the facades indicate that he is affectionately distancing himself.

 Boyfriend: A 17 year old wide high school student a dependent when it comes to emotional makeup but is financially problematic as well and has difficulties with his work in the class.

 Community Type:

 Community: Low-income urban neighborhood

 Housing: The family lives in a congested area in a two bed roomed flat and most, if not all, of time they spend in the house with virtually no access to any compound or any other form of open space.

 Access to Resources: The available health care centers as well as health care resources, particularly prenatal clinics in our community are quite limited in their availability, and are, generally, costly. Local schools had more numbers of students for each teacher and lesser provisions included out of school activities for youths.

 Public Services: In programs little efforts have been done to fashion a gab for teenage pregnancy and parenting.

 Healthcare Needs:

 Prenatal Care: There is this because; Emily requires a pre-natal check up examination and dietary consultation to be healthy as well as to get healthy for delivery a healthy baby.

 Education and Support: She need to obtain information on pregnancy, childbirth and parenting through informative and more so educational means. Another important necessity is hardly surprising: coping for emotional and psychological support in as much as she requires it with the stress that accompanies her.

 Social Services: In this period, benefits connected to social services and financial assistance, food and the option of maintaining stables accommodation would be useful to her.

 Challenges:

 Financial Constraints: Since the family has no health insurance and has low income, they cannot afford proper antenatal care, proper diet and the other utilities.

 Emotional Stress: Conflicts in a family as well as in financial stability influence the health of Emily, as well as her concentration on studies as well as pregnancy.

 Educational Disruption: Forces that may effect participation in School related performance such as school attendance, regularity in class and performance may also be affected through pregnancy thus adding pressure on both Emily and the baby Unknown long time effects of such pregnancy to the child’s education may also come in.

 Application:

 To effectively address Emily’s needs, healthcare providers and social workers can:With a decreased level of functioning of patients like Emily, the healthcare providers and social workers can:

 Provide Access to Comprehensive Prenatal Care: More doctors’ visits, and acquisition of primary, as well as preventive, medical services.

 Offer Educational Programs: Include arrange for adolescent specific prenatal education and classes in parenting.

 Connect with Community Resources: Jim is shocked to find out that Emily is a young mother with a child already on the way and she could be taken to the social services locally for financially support young mothers and mothers to be among other services.

 Enhance Emotional Support: Help him/her with psychological consultation in order to, at least, assist her to become emotionally settled as well as psychologically healthy.