Family Health
Family Health
• Broken homes
• Drug abuse
• Disability and rehabilitation
• Unmarried mothers
• Teenage pregnancy
Benefits of Family Health Care
• They provide care for every member of your family.
• They provide an wide array of medical services
• They know your health history
• They provide referrals for special concerns
• They save you time and money
• They know the importance of the patient-doctor
bond
• Care focused on your healthy future
Responsibilities of family in health and
disease
• Socialization
• Personality formation
• Care of dependent adult
• Care of sick and injured
• Care of pregnant and childbirth
• Care of aged and handi-capped
• Stabilization of adult personality
• Family susceptibility to diseases
• Broken homes
• Problem family
Exercise
1- What is family health and why is there a focus
on family health in the health system?
2- List the components of family health
activities?
3- How does family planning contribute to family
health?