Heritage Assessment



Heritage Assessment

Introduction

Heritage assessment can simply be defined as an evaluation of the heritage of the individuals and assess of how the outcomes of the evaluation can be used to in several researches and applications in particularly in the fields of nursing and medicine. Heritage can be defined as something, which is passed from the preceding generations to the succeeding. However, the Heritage Assessment Tool can focuses on the physical and psychological related attributes that are transferred from the parents to the off springs within a particular culture where the information can further be used to recommend and adapt a healthy lifestyle

Discussion

It is important to note that the heritage assessment is conducted has been the most frequently used evaluation tool adapted by many of the developing countries including United Sates of America.

Usefulness of Heritage Assessment in Evaluating a Person's Needs

Heritage Assessment Tool is a very reliable a reliable tool to analyze and evaluate the health maintenance, restoration and protection of the individuals with respect to their cultural beliefs. This assessment helps meet the needs of different patient populations to provide quality holistic care. It is important to note that within any society there coexist individuals of several different ethnicities, races and color (Molina, Alegría & Mahalingam, 2013). However, this particular assessment focuses on the health backgrounds and records of individuals having their own personal cultural opinions and beliefs from the perspectives of their health traditions, restoration and promotion of health.

With the help of the outcomes, it can be analyzed of how the health traditions followed within the community affects the current health status of the individuals. Moreover, the process also helps analyze the impact on the individuals of the various diseases or other physical attributes that are transferred to him by his predecessors in addition to the generally prevalent physical characteristics within the community (Rasband, 2013). The assessment tool therefore is a complete and comprehensive tool that will ensure that all the important information is collected which will be significant in recommending effective solutions to improve individual's life standards.

Family Interviews

Three families were chosen for conducting this activity. These include a white American Family, an Afro-American family and a Hispanic family.

Health Maintenance

I find the Hispanic family to be most cautious. They said that it has always been a family tradition for them to visit their family doctor for a routine checkup, which is a good practice. However, I found the Americans to be less cautious about their different health maintenance aspects (Alosaily, Conroy, & Choonara, 2012). I found the Afro-American Family to be the most careless when it comes to their family maintenance. Moreover, I also found that in the Afro-American family, the parents did not even vaccinate their children with the necessary vaccines such as Hepatitis that are essential for the children.

Health Protection

If compared with respect to the cultural backgrounds, I found that the white American family had a health insurance that was decent where the health insurance plan bought by the ...