Model
Presented by
Faith Vaughn RN, BSN, MSN
Overview of The Model
Relevance of the Model to
Community/Aggregate Population Care
Relevant for all health care providers, and
educators, in a diverse environmental
contexts.
Guide the development of assessment tools,
planning strategies, and group interventions
Can guide data collection
Valuable resource for the study of cultural
practices
Definition of the Concepts
Global society: Includes the ability for
people to travel around the world and to
interact with diverse societies
Community: Is a group of people having a
common interest or identity and living in a
specified locality
Family: Is two or more people who are
emotionally involved with each other
Person: Is a bio-psychosociocultural human
being who is constantly adapting
Relationship of the Major Concepts
Family roles and organization: can affect
health care decisions
Economic and political conditions: may
affect one’s reason for migration
Education: is usually interrelated with
employment choices
Sociopolitical and socioeconomic conditions:
influence individual behavioral responses to
health and illness
Application/Scenario
A teenage mother brings her 3 year old son to
the clinic, accompanied by her parents. She
c/o her son having a bothersome persistent
dry cough for the past 3 months. Within the
past year, he has been coughing and wheezing
every time he gets a cold.
Education
High-risk behaviors
of open/shut airways
Interventions
Provide written instructions in client’s
preferred language
Implement some of their cultural practices into
the plan of care
Officevisits
Checking in
Rooming
Phone calls
Grocery Store
Health fairs
Mentoring
Parents can ask…
Does my child need a "quick-relief inhaler"
more than
TWO TIMES A WEEK?