Family-Centered Health Promotion: Perspectives for Engaging Families and Achieving Better Health Outcomes
Autor: | Carl L. Hanson, Michael D. Barnes, Brianna M. Magnusson, AliceAnn Crandall, Len B. Novilla, Gracie Bradford |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
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medicine.medical_specialty Resource (biology) Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject settings of practice Health Promotion Disease Affect (psychology) Nature versus nurture 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Outcome Assessment Health Care medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Child Function (engineering) media_common Family Health 030505 public health business.industry Health Policy Public health lcsh:Public aspects of medicine lcsh:RA1-1270 Public relations Editorial Health promotion Life course approach family health system 0305 other medical science business Psychology Delivery of Health Care |
Zdroj: | Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, Vol 57 (2020) Inquiry: A Journal of Medical Care Organization, Provision and Financing |
ISSN: | 1945-7243 0046-9580 |
Popis: | Communities and populations are comprised of individuals and families who together affect the health of the community. The family unit is an unparalleled player for maintaining health and preventing disease for public health because members may support and nurture one another through life stages. Preliminary research confirms that family-oriented health promotion and disease prevention are promising strategies because the family unit is both a resource and a priority group needing preventative and curative services across the life course. Although there are growing numbers of successful efforts, family health systems are generally underutilized in health promotion practice. This lack of utilization in policy and practice have hampered the collection of robust evidence for family health. This paper purports that families are important actors in public health. Yet, since no one pattern for healthy families is known, public health practitioners can consider six principle-based approaches to legitimately and respectfully advance the families’ innate potential for health promotion and disease prevention. Each perspective aims to foster higher capacity for family health systems to function appropriately in public health practice. Health promotion practitioners and researchers can explore family health perspectives with the potential for systems policy and practice adjustments in public health. |
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