NUR1 221 Lecture Notes - Data Analysis, Therapeutic Relationship, Appalachian Mountains
Document Summary
Part i: the definition and practice of family health. Although the literature reflects wide use of the term family health, the concept is ambiguous and lacks conceptual clarity. An ethnographic study about family health was conducted to identify how family health was actually defined and practiced within family households. Family health was identified as a dynamic and complex construct consisting of multiple member interactions within and across the boundaries of households nested within social contexts. Family members used communication, cooperation, and caregiving to develop and sustain individual and family health routines. Strong evidence exists that health factors are learned and experienced within a family context, but substantive evidence about the ways families define, practice, or promote health are lacking. Continually soaring health care costs aimed at meeting the needs of individuals indicates a need to develop health care models that ensure that private and public health care resources are used to produce effective outcomes.
