CHAPTER 18 - THEORETICAL BASIS
FOR PROMOTING FAMILY
HEALTH(GRADED A+)
Family health - ANSWERdynamic changing relative state of wellbeing which includes
the biological, psychological, spiritual, sociological, and culture factors of the family
systems
Roles - ANSWERthe assigned or assumed parts that members play during day-to-
day family living, are bestowed and defined by the family
universal characteristics of family - ANSWEREvery family is a small social system.
Every family has its own cultural values and rules.
Every family has structure.
Every family has certain basic functions.
Every family moves through stages in its life cycle.
families as social systems - ANSWERFamilies are interdependent.
Families maintain boundaries: bond, shared experiences
kin network - ANSWERseveral nuclear families living in the same housed or near
one another and share goods and services
Family system boundary - ANSWERgreat concentration of energy exists within the
family than between the family and its external environment
Energy exchange - ANSWERto function adequately as open systems, families
exchange materials or information with their environment
Family life cycle - ANSWERfamilies move through predictable and sequential pattern
of stages
Family culture - ANSWERan acquired knowledge that family members use to
interpret their experiences and generate their behaviors that in turn influence their
actions
implications for community health nurses - ANSWER1. cannot hold true to the
normal family definition
2. structure of a family can change many times over a lifetime
