Family-Centered Health Promotion: Perspectives for Engaging Families and Achieving Better Health Outcomes

Autor: Michael D. Barnes PhD, MCHES, Carl L Hanson PhD, MCHES, Len B. Novilla MD, MPH, Brianna M. Magnusson PhD, MPH, AliceAnn C. Crandall PhD, MPH, Gracie Bradford BSc
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, Vol 57 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0046-9580
1945-7243
00469580
DOI: 10.1177/0046958020923537
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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