Health assessment is the evaluation of the health status of an individual along the health continuum.[2] The purpose of the assessment is to establish where on the health continuum the individual is because this guides how to approach and treat the individual. The health care approaches range from preventive, to treatment, to palliative care in relation to the individual’s status on the health continuum. It is not the treatment or treatment plan. The plan related to findings is a care plan which is preceded by the specialty such as medical, physical therapy, nursing, etc.<\/p>\n

These findings are important; however, epidemiologic studies must also consider other area-based socioeconomic measures (i. e., percentage below poverty) in order to examine the impact of neighborhood socioeconomic position (SEP) on LBW in particular and on health disparities in general (Krieger, Chen, Waterman, Rehkopf, & Subramanian, 2003; Krieger et al., 2003; Krieger, Williams, & Moss, 1997). Research associated with The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project show that the \u201cpercentage of persons below poverty\u201d is a robust measure of area-based SEP (Krieger, Chen, Waterman, Rehkopf, & Subramanian, 2003; Krieger et al., 2002; 2003). Some recent research, examining the relationship between race, class, and health outcomes, has begun to focus on concentrated poverty because African-American and Latino families are more likely to live in areas where a substantial segment of the population have incomes below the poverty level than do White families. Jargowsky (1997) found that African-American and Latino concentrated poverty increased between 1970 and 1990 by 70 and 158%, respectively, suggesting that the social, economic, and health conditions have declined for racial\/ethnic minorities who are poor. A small body of research has produced results linking concentrated poverty to health problems.<\/p>\n