Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns Framework

Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns Framework

For this assignment, identify an area of focus in community health within your own community.

Using Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns framework (p. 130 in your e-text), assess the health risks in your community.

In your community assessment paper, include the following:

• Identify resources in your community that would enable you to complete a community assessment and submit a summary of your findings (1–2 paragraphs).
• Refer to Table 8-3: Examples of Community Strengths and Concerns, and assess the strengths and concerns of your community (2–3 paragraphs).
• Identify potential barriers to implementing community health plans in your community and brainstorm  ways of addressing these barriers (2–3 paragraphs).

Plan ahead: Next week, as Part B of this assignment, you will select one (1) identified risk from this assessment to develop a community-focused strategic plan to address that health risk.  It is recommended that you look ahead to next week’s assignment so that you can begin framing your chosen community health focus.

Your paper should be 3 pages in length, not including the cover and reference pages. Use APA throughout.

You must include 3 sources that are APA cited and referenced in your paper. (Sources may include community resources such as flyers, brochures, interviews, news stories, and local research data from credible sources.)

Community should be anywhere in florida, therefore news stories or flyers should reflect that

 

 

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Gordons Functional Health Patterns Framework

Introduction

The Gordons Functional Health Patterns Framework is a way to describe how people perceive and manage their physical, mental, and emotional health in different contexts. It can be used to help individuals or groups identify patterns that may be contributing to their health problems or difficulties.

Health perception/health management patterns

The health perception pattern is one of the most common and important patterns. This pattern describes how people perceive their own health, which influences their decisions and actions related to it.

The health management pattern describes the actions that people take in order to maintain or improve their level of physical fitness, mental well-being and overall sense of wellbeing. It also includes factors such as smoking rates; diet; exercise; stress management etc., which affect your overall state of mind or body.

Nutritional/metabolic patterns

• Dietary patterns

• Nutritional patterns

• Metabolic patterns

Elimination patterns

Elimination patterns are the second most important pattern. They involve eliminating waste products and toxins from your body through regular bowel movements, urination and elimination of other waste products.

The following are some examples:

• Constipation – a lack of movement in the bowels that can cause hard stools or gas; this may result in cramping, bloating and pain

• Encopresis – involuntary passage of stool (or faeces) outside of the body not due to a physical blockage but rather due to psychological issues such as stress or embarrassment associated with having accidents in public places such as toilets/bathrooms etc.; encopresis can be treated by talking therapy aimed at helping patients learn how best deal with their fears around these situations until they become less problematic over time; if left untreated there could be long term damage caused by infection risk which would require further medical care afterwards!

Activity/exercise patterns

You’re probably familiar with the importance of exercise. It’s one of the main things you can do to improve your health, but it can be hard to find time for physical activity when you have a busy schedule. Exercise is also important for relieving stress and improving sleep quality, which helps prevent overeating and weight gain. If you’ve been thinking about starting an exercise program or are already committed to one but want more information on how it works best for your body type, this article will help give some insight into what types of activities might work best for each person depending on their goals and preferences.

In addition to being an effective form of physical activity that burns calories while also helping us stay healthy mentally and physically by reducing stress levels (and therefore lessening our risk of developing depression), regular exercise has many other benefits including improvements in mood regulation—something we all need more than ever these days!

Sleep/rest patterns

Sleep/rest patterns is the third and final section of Gordons Functional Health Patterns, which aims to address how you sleep, rest and relax. It’s a crucial part of our lives as it affects all aspects of our health including energy, mood, pain and more. As well as being important for overall wellbeing, poor quality sleep can also lead to weight gain or even obesity! Here are some tips that will help you improve your quality of life through improving your rest schedule:

• Set aside time each day where you can relax without interruptions; this might mean taking afternoon siestas or spending time with family members at night when everyone else is asleep – whatever works best for you!

• Consider using relaxing music (or silence) during these times so that your mind isn’t distracted by noises around the house such as TVs or traffic jams outside – this way there will be no distractions when trying not just fall asleep but also stay asleep longer than usual! If possible try not having any screens visible in case they could cause discomfort due too bright light emitted from screens reflecting off walls etcetera…

Cognitive perceptual patterns

The cognitive perceptual patterns are the patterns that you think, perceive and make decisions based on. These patterns can be influenced by your thoughts, moods and beliefs.

• Causes of cognitive perceptual patterns: These cause your beliefs about yourself or others to be negative in nature. When this happens, it becomes difficult for you to see things from another person’s point-of-view because their perspective may seem very different from yours.

• How do we change? We need to focus on changing our own mindset so that we can have better relationships with other people who are close to us (elders), colleagues at work/school etcetera…

Self-perception/self-concept patterns

Self-perception/self-concept patterns are the most common patterns you will find in the body of your workbook. They are also one of the most important components of your self-efficacy and overall sense of well-being.

Self-perception is how you perceive yourself, while self concept is how others perceive you. A person can have no problem with their own perception but may feel like they have failed at something because someone else told them so or vice versa. This can lead to feelings of inadequacy and anxiety which then affect both personal relationships as well as performance at work or school (or anywhere else where there might be an audience).

Role-relationship patterns

The role relationship pattern is the way you relate to others. It’s how you see yourself in relation to others, and it’s the way you interact with them.

You might think of this as the “how” or “what” part of our lives – what we do, say and think about people around us. If our roles were reversed (e.g., if I was a parent looking at my child) then I would probably see that child as more like me than anyone else!

Sexuality-reproductive patterns

• Sexual health

• Reproductive health

• Contraception

Conclusion

The Gordons Functional Health Patterns Framework is a wonderful tool for self-assessment, as well as for encouraging healthy patterns of behavior in others. The framework has been developed by Dr. Gordon and his research team at the University of Pennsylvania, who have used it successfully with over 500 people from around the world since 2007. It’s based on an idea called “problem solving theory”—the basis of which is that people can work through problems by coming up with solutions rather than simply accepting them. This approach helps us feel more in control and gives us confidence that we can achieve our goals if we try hard enough (and believe in ourselves!).