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Nursing professionals must have a holistic perception of the realities of users and patients when providing care in hospitals or any health facilities of the service network. One way to gain this understanding is through home care. This typical activity of nurses provides a clear perspective about where the person and their family are immersed. This case study aims to analyze the risk factors affecting health. It is a study of a family living in the Kuna Nega community and receiving care at the local health facility. In this community, we observe inequalities, the level of poverty, abandonment, and subhuman conditions in which Panamanian men and women, who deserve proper care, live. The family referred to in this study consists of a 25-year-old woman and her four children suffering malnutrition and living in extreme poverty. The data collection was conducted using a home visit instrument applied through the interview technique. The nursing intervention was done by applying Nola Pender's Health Promotion Model and Hill's Family Stress Theory. The approach was challenging since the root problem is poverty and the family´s low educational level. Within the available resources, comprehensive care was provided, focusing on some risk factors, such as internal and external unsanitary conditions of the house, health control of the mother and children, and referral and follow-up by the professionals at the health facility.
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