Protective Factors Analysis – The Force for Health Official Site

All parts of the community can help protect and nurture the health and well being of a person. These are the friends and family, organizations, community infrastructure, and policy and environment. Knowing where you have strengths and taking advantage of them will help you succeed. Use those resources and supports to be protected as you live.

Knowing where you don't have support or resources helps you to understand your risks and make goals and plans and acting to reduce them.

Create your Protective Factor Resource inventory and make plans on how to increase your protective factors and reduce your vulnerability. As you answer the questions, you will create a list of resources you can refer to and use.

Madison look at this PDF
file:///Users/rgillio/Downloads/PFS-2%20Traditional.pdf
and the data supporting it.
https://friendsnrc.org/protective-factors-survey

Individual

Your individual behaviors, attitudes, and knowledge directly affect your health. What actions are you taking to support your own health? Explore what your attitude and physical status is in your opinion. Make an inventory of your strengths and challenges

Rob's notes to edit, delete, or use in building this out.

Leichert Scale agree strongly.... to disagree 2,1,0,-1,-2

I am confident in the future

I am always able to make good decisions

When things go wrong, I get over it quickly

Most days I wake up and feel like it will be a great day

I have most of my body needs taken care of with food, clothes, housing, transportation, or money

Inventory ideas: Pick which of the following are things you have or are: each is plus 1 or minus 1

strong, smart, kind, thoughtful, jealous, frightened, creative, artistic, athletic...

Create a report of my resources of my strengths and traits.

Interpersonal

Your friends and family represent your direct support network for staying healthy and reaching your goals. Who composes your interpersonal network?

Rob's notes to edit, delete, or use in building this out.

Friends and Family are the strongest protective factors.

Do you have at least one family member you can count on no matter what? yes +1 no -1

Who in your family can you talk to that will support you in hard times? ________________

are there more? list them.___________________________________ add on more point if they list another

Do you have at least one friend you can count on no matter what? yes +1 no -1

Which of your friends can you count on. WHo are they____________________________________

re there more? list them.___________________________________ add on more point if they list another

Create a report of my resources and add to it of my family and friend support

Organizational

Organizations and social institutions provide the ability to meet and make friends or be involved with others

Do you belong to organizations that are supportive and protective or does they present more risks?

Rob's notes to edit, delete, or use in building this out.

Community organizations can be a strong protection and promotion factor for you.
Do you have at least one organization you belong to or participate int? yes +1 no -1

List them Dropdown School, workplace, church, temple mosque, club, 4H, Scouts, Rotary, band, gang

Community Infrastructure

Are there resources making it easy to make the healthier decision or do healthy activities. What are your community resources?

Do I live in a place that is supportive and protective or does it present more risks?

List if there is access to a hospital, fresh food, parks, pools, police, fire department, ambulance, bus, taxi

Are there agencies, or organizaitons that provide services you use or might need Add them to the list below. If not what is missing

List those things that are best avoided....are you exposed to crime, gunshot, floods, dangerour traffic, railroad tracks.

Create list for the directory of the community resources you may wish to use

Learn more about your community with the County Rankings tool in th eResources area

Policy / Environment

Laws and policies can affect health on a high level. What policies and factors in your environment affect you?

Rob's notes to edit, delete, or use in building this out.

You can make a difference if you understand the rules, laws, policies, proposals, grants and other factors that affect your health. Are there any policies that you really like or those you diagree with (put in the lists)

To make changes, reach out and contact the deicsion makers or run for office and become the policy makers. List here your

local law maker or leaders

State representative and senator

COngressman or senator Provide web site to look this up