Functional health pattern assessment: a seasonal migrant farmworker community.
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.
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D000328:Adult; D000383:Agriculture; D002648:Child; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D009922:Oregon; D011320:Primary Health Care; D014171:Transients and Migrants