Functional Health Pattern Assessment: A Seasonal Migrant Farmworker Community
- 1 September 1990
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Journal of Community Health Nursing
- Vol. 7 (3), 141-151
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327655jchn0703_4
Abstract
A broad-based needs assessment of a migrant farmworker community was conducted using the community functional health pattern tool (Gikow & Kucharski, 1987) and Porter's (1987) factor-isolating theory of population group diagnosis. Data analysis revealed numerous health needs in all 10 functional health patterns and an urgent need for accessible primary prevention programs. A mobile outreach program to the migrant camps was seen as the most effective way to provide education, screening, and health care.Keywords
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