FNF 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Health Professional, Smoking Cessation

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Family Studies
• Course: FNF 100
• Professor: Dan Mahoney

Document Summary

The impact of family on health & well-being. The family as a health care agent: through the family each of the determinants - poverty, social support, genes and education - have their impact. Family health habits: family members in uence each other"s health habits, eating, smoking, drinking and exercise routines are learned at home, families also provide support for changing behaviours that put us at risk, reduce the risk of illness. Family in uence health care: family members play an important role in diagnosing and treating illness, families often discuss amongst themselves whether or not to seek treatment. !1: families beliefs and ideas are central to health care choices - impact future decision. Who is most likely to be affected by these shared beliefs, behaviours and habit in the family: children suffer the most (vulnerable, impressionable, illegal drug/alcohol misuse, parental absence (too drunk/too high) How do the socializing processes of family relationships affect health, functioning and.