FNF 100 Lecture Notes - Smoking Cessation, Alcoholic Drink, Health Canada
20 Feb 2014
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The impact of family on health & well-being (09/30/13) Shifting responsibilities of health to community & family life. Increasing costs of healthcare has led government & policy makers to shift the responsibility of health care to families & communities. Thus the family & communities are more involved in looking after & caring for there members. Health was deinstitutionalized eg. ppl w/ various mental conditions have their families responsible for them but they don"t have the knowledge or werewithall to deal w/ them. This tells us that the shift from institutions to communites & families have not worked very well esp since they are not well-equipped w/ resources & knowledge. *taking care of responsibilities of cared ones makes sure they"re fed, healthy. Families are perhaps the central determinant of health, the central influence in the lives of individuals, that determine their health status & their chances for survival the health determinants identified by health canada don"t operate on their own.
