SCALE FOR RANKING FAMILY HEALTH PROBLEMS ACCDG TO PRIORITIES

CRITERIA SCORE WEIGHT

1) Nature of the Problem 1
scale: Health Deficit 3
Health Threat 2
Foreseeable Crisis 1

2) Modifiability of the Problem 2

scale: Easily Modifiable 2
Partially modifiable 1
Not Modifiable 0

3) Preventive Potential 1
scale: High 3
Moderate 2
Low 1

4) Salience of the Problem 1

scale: Serious px, immediate Attn 2
Px, not needing imm. Attn 1
Not a felt need 0

Health Problem:
1. Threat of cross infection from communicable disease as a health threat
2. Rheumatoid Arthritis as health deficit
3. Loss of job due to pandemic as a foreseeable crisis

HEALTH PROBLEM Threat of cross infection from communicable disease as a

health threat
Criteria Computation Score Justification

1. Nature of the problem 1. The nature of the problem is

Health Threat 2/3 x 1 0.67 health threat because the client is
always outside working and they
2. Modifiability of the problem are highly exposed to Covid-19
Partially modifiable 1/2 x 2 1
2. It is partially modifiable
3. Preventive Potential because there are preventive
Moderate 2/3 x 1 0.67 measure can be done in order to
prevent acquiring the Covid-19.
4. Salience
1
Serious px, immediate Attn 2/2 x 1 3. Preventive Potential is
Moderate because even though
preventive measure can be
implemented, vaccine re still not
available.

4. Salience is Serious and

immediate attention because the
client has diabetes and his line of
 work include frequent going
outside which made him high risk
for covid-19

RANK:
TOTAL SCORE 3.34
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HEALTH PROBLEM Rheumatoid Arthritis as a health deficit

Criteria Computation Score Justification
1. Nature of the problem 1. The nature of the problem is
health deficit because the
Health Deficit 3/3 x 1 1 client is aware of her illness.
2. It is partially modifiable
because anti inflammatory
2. Modifiability of the problem
diet and medicine can lessen
Partially modifiable 1/2 x 2 1 the pain of RA.
3. The preventive potential is
high because medicine will
3. Preventive Potential allow to lessen the
High 3/3 x 1 1 discomfort of RA.
4. The client go to regular
check up and taking
4. Salience medicine needed that why
Not a felt need 0/2 x 1 0 she said not a felt need.

RANK:
TOTAL SCORE 3
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HEALTH PROBLEM Loss of job due to pandemic as a foreseeable crisis

Criteria Computation Score Justification
1. Nature of the problem 1. The nature of the problem is
foreseeable crisis because of the
Foreseeable Crisis 1/3 x 1 0.33 of the pandemic the family is
forced to halt their work
2. It is partially modifiable
2. Modifiability of the problem
because even though they are
Partially modifiable 1/2 x 2 1 allowed to go back to work r
skeleton schedule are which
affected the salary of them
3. Preventive Potential 3. Preventive Potential
Moderate 2/3 x 1 0.67 4. they find it serious and need
immediate attention because job
is necessary for their expenses.
4. Salience
Serious px, immediate Attn 2/2 x 1 1
RANK:
TOTAL SCORE 3
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