SOC 885 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Peer Group, Smoking Cessation, Health Canada
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The impact of family on health and well-being: Shifting responsibilities of health to community and family life. Increasing costs of healthcare has led government and policy makers to shift the responsibility of health care to families and communities. * thus the family and communities are more involved in looking after and caring for their members. Families are perhaps the central determinant of health, the central influence in the lives of individuals, that determine their health status and their chances for survivalthe health determinants identified by health canada do not operate on their own. In fact, it is through the family that each of the determinants - poverty, social support, gender and education - have their impact. (vanier institute, 1999) Based on a belief that these healthcare practices are important. Someone needs to value the notion of health. Fundamental health education takes place in the family. Parents play a big roles as models for children"s health awareness and behavior.
