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<strong>BSHS</strong> <strong>422</strong> Week 5 Individual Assignment Final Examination<br />

<strong>BSHS</strong> <strong>422</strong> Week 5 Individual Assignment Final Examination<br />

Case Study<br />

Esmeralda Trujillo, 35, has lived in your community for six months with her four<br />

children, ages 4, 6, 10, and 15. The family is living with relatives in a small house<br />

on the outskirts of the city, and they cannot stay there much longer. In Guatemala,<br />

Esmeralda lived with her husband, had a garden that virtually fed the family, and<br />

spent part of her time weaving and sewing garments to sell at the local market. Her<br />

husband left to look for work “up north” and she has not heard from him for five<br />

months. Esmeralda has a chronic cough and a skin rash. She speaks very little<br />

English. She has found occasional work cleaning houses, but it has not been<br />

enough to support her and the children. She has come to your agency asking for<br />

help and you are her case worker. Your job is to help her obtain the services she<br />

needs.<br />

Answer each of the following questions in numbered separate paragraphs<br />

corresponding to the question.<br />

1). What do you need to find out about Esmeralda and her family in order to create<br />

the most comprehensive treatment plan? Consider all important areas that effect<br />

Esmeralda and her children‟s overall wellbeing based on the information given in

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