Homework: Assessment Tools, Diagnostics, Growth, Measurement, and Nutrition in Adults and Children
For this Homework, you will consider the validity and reliability of different assessment tools and diagnostic tests. You will explore issues such as sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values. You will also consider examples of children with various weight issues. You will explore how you could effectively gather information and encourage parents and caregivers to be proactive about their children's health and weight.
A. Review this Learning Resources and consider factors that impact the validity and reliability of various assessment tools and diagnostic tests. You also will review examples of pediatric patients and their families as it relates to BMI.
B. Search credible sources for resources explaining the tool or test you were assigned. What is its purpose, how is it conducted, and what information does it gather?
C. Also, as you search credible sources, consider what the literature discusses regarding the validity, reliability, sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, ethical dilemmas, and controversies related to the test or tool.
D. Child Health Case: Severely underweight 12-year-old Hispanic girl with underweight parents who has been bullied in school just recently.
E. An explanation of the health issues and risks that are relevant to the child you were assigned.
F. Describe additional information you would need in order to further assess his or her weight-related health.
G. 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.
H. 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.
I. Provide at least two strategies you could employ to encourage the parents or caregivers to be proactive about their child's health and weight.
J. 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.
K. Consider how you could encourage parents or caregivers to be proactive toward the child's health.
L. Consider what health issues and risks may be relevant to the child in the health example.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
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