Medical Social Workers Assessment

The awareness of poverty amongst children is imperative. Medical social workers’ assessment should evaluate poverty levels and its relation to the presenting child’s vitamin D deficiency. Amongst marginalized people of color or people in underdeveloped countries skirting nourishment isn't a lifestyle choice. Commonly, malnutrition signifies economic hardships and experience of persistent adversity. Social Workers, within this setting, should provide assistance or referral to supports that can assist with joblessness, disability, and education to prevent genetic inherence of rickets and to stabilize positive prognosis for patients. Another problem that may arise is families’ proximity to healthier options of food. The proximity to healthier …show more content…
Studies suggest that institutionalized individuals, deeply pigmented people living in low ultraviolet settings such as high latitudes, and those who, for religious or cultural reasons, cover their entire body surface when they are outdoors are at exterm risk for low sun exposure. It is difficult to maintain an optimal vitamin D level through diet alone. Comprehendingly discussing cultural and spiritual limitations could be problematic in itself. The interdisciplinary team must ponder with alternative treatment, if needed, to support the family holistically. If agreed upon, clinicians should beware of common iatrogenic problems associated with alternative treatments practices. Underneath those cultural and spiritual methods, the clinical team can elicit discussions between patients about how societies, especially this population, understand, define and respond to rickets. Furthermore, parental literacy and household crowding are documented contributors amongst malnutrition children. These commonalities tend to delay treatment adherence. Families with children diagnosed with rickets are typically predisposed to limit social resources that assist with food, transportation to treatment, insurance for medications, literacy and parental care. The interdisciplinary team must provide flexible treatment options to families. The healthcare industry approach to providing care should be asses and if the needs of the patients cannot be met within a specific clinic, finding appropriate clinics or experts could be