Family Assessment and Health Promotion Paper on Homeless

Select a high-risk family type- homelessness families

Obtain an article or articles on common health problems and mortality data for a specific high-risk family type. The article or articles need to include information on common health issues among members or families of homeless people .

Visit the Healthy People 2020 website to find three to four health promotion and disease prevention objectives applicable to the specific high-risk family group.

Write a 1,500-word paper that includes:

• A summary of the health profile of the homeless family, with explanation of the high-risk condition and associated behaviors or patterns
• Describe assessment of the homeless family  with use of applicable theories.
• Identify applicable Healthy People 2020 objectives for one of the health problems common to this high-risk group.
• Describe nursing intervention strategies applicable to this family situation based on health promotion: health belief models, family theory, and analysis of family function that are supported by literature or research.
• Describe the role of the advanced practice nurse as a case manager in this type of nursing situation.
• Include a one paragraph introduction.
• Include a one paragraph conclusion that summarizes the main parts of the paper and closes the thought of the paper. 

Use APA format. 

This paper requires a minimum of four peer reviewed references.