Families and Health: Volume III in the "Families in the 21st Century Series"

by Grochowski, Janet R.; Ferguson, Susan J.

• ISBN13: 9780205627202
• ISBN10: 020562720X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This interdisciplinary text examines five different components of family health--biology, behavior, social-cultural circumstances, the environment, and health care--and the ways they affect the abilities of family members to perform well in their homes, workplaces, and communities.

Author Biography

Janet R. Grochowski is the Endowed Professor of Education and Department Chair at the College of St. Benedict St. John's University, Professor Emerita of Health Studies at the University of St. Thomas, and former Chair of Health and Human Development and Director of Family Studies at University of St. Thomas. Her professional interest in faimly health springs from a long career devoted to interdisciplinary study of complex communities, such as families, and the interactive impacts of complex health determinants of individuals and their families. She has taught numerous courses on health and well-being from a variety of perspectives-personal, family, consumer, environmental, national, and global-and is the co-author (with Meg Wilkes Karraker) of Families with Futures: A Survey of Family Studies for the Twenty-First Century (Routledge).

Table of Contents

Families in the Twenty-First Century	p. vii
Preface	p. x
Acknowledgments	p. xi
About the Author	p. xii
Introduction: Families and Their Health	p. 1
Family Health: Definitions and Determinants	p. 2
Tyra: Influences on Family Health	p. 4
The Status of American Families' Health	p. 6
Overweight and Obese	p. 9
Access to Health Care	p. 12
Uninsured and Underinsured	p. 12
Trent: Uninsured Young Adults	p. 15
Family Health Concept: From Insularism to Interdisciplinary	p. 19
Reconnecting Mind-Body-Spirit in Health Care	p. 19
The Biopsychosocial Model and Beyond	p. 20
General Systems and Related Family Health Theories	p. 22
Conclusion and Book Organization	p. 25
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 28
Biology and Family Health: Beyond Genomics	p. 29
Genome-Based Research and Family Health	p. 30
Multifactorial Inheritance Disorders	p. 31
Race, Ethnicity, and Genetics in Health Disparities	p. 32
Family Health Histories	p. 33
Victoria and Hope: Breast Cancer in the Family	p. 34
Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI)	p. 36
Families' Adaptations to Chronic Illnesses	p. 37
Family Health and Alzheimer's Disease (AD)	p. 38
Hank and Lily: A Time of Loss and Love	p. 40
Family Caregivers	p. 42
Loss, Dying, and Death-Part of Family Health	p. 44
Noah and Maria: Gone Without Goodbye	p. 45
Josh: Dying Well	p. 46
Conclusion	p. 48
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 49
Behavior Patterns: Families' Health Choices	p. 51
Interactive Nature of Family Health Behaviors	p. 51
Alicia:No Vaccinations for My Kids	p. 51
Family Health Promotion-"Health Work"	p. 53
An Ecological Approach	p. 54
Health Behavior Theories and Models	p. 56
Intrapersonal Models	p. 57
Simone: Sex and the Heart	p. 58
Interpersonal Approaches	p. 60
Cigarette Smoking Is Addictive, But Stopping Can Be Contagious	p. 60
Julio: Childhood Obesity-Beyond Family Concern	p. 61
Community-Based Approaches	p. 65
Conclusion	p. 69
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 69
Social Determinants and Family Health	p. 71
Health Disparities among Families	p. 71
The Injustice of Health Inequities	p. 71
Infant Mortality	p. 75
Cardiovascular Disease	p. 77
Diabetes	p. 78
Cancers	p. 78
HIV Infection and AIDS	p. 79
Immunizations	p. 80
Mental Illness	p. 80
Discrimination, Stigmatization, and Health	p. 84
Family Relationships and Mental Health	p. 85
Families: Overcoming Mental Illness Stigma and Discrimination	p. 86
Sarah: What a Depressed Teenager Wished She Could Say	p. 88
Health Education: Family, School, and Community Collaborations	p. 92
Mia: The High Price of Ignorance	p. 92
Conclusion	p. 96
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 98
Environmental Exposures and Global Family Health	p. 99
The Global Burden of Infectious Disease	p. 99
Aisha: Malaria-A Disease of Poverty	p. 99
The HIV/AIDS Pandemic	p. 101
Mandisa: The Youthful, Feminine Face of HIV/AIDS	p. 104
HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma and Discrimination	p. 107
The Global Reach of Pollution	p. 110
Leon: Uneasy Breaths of Pediatric Asthma	p. 111
Internal Environmental Exposures: Imbalances in Biological Flora	p. 115
External Environmental Exposures: The Global Tobacco Epidemic	p. 116
Deeper Health Impacts: Air Pollution and DNA	p. 117
Work Environments and Global Family Health	p. 118
Women in the Workplace	p. 119
Psychosocial Work Environment	p. 120
Theresa and David: Stress...at Work by Steven Sauter et al. (2008:1)	p. 123
Work-to-Family and Family-to-Work Conflicts	p. 128
Smart Workplaces: Just for the Health of It	p. 130
Conclusion	p. 131
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 132
Health Care and Families	p. 133
Underinsured Families: Paying Too Much and Getting Too Little	p. 133
Ed: Medical Tourism and American Health Care	p. 133
Dental Health Coverage, Not a Frill	p. 136
Globalization of Health Care and Medical Travel	p. 137
An Ailing Health System	p. 139
Isabella: Unhealthy Health Care	p. 139
Healthy Lives	p. 143
Access	p. 144
Equity	p. 145
Quality	p. 146
Efficiency	p. 149
Health Care Reform and Redesign	p. 149
Affordable and Equitable Access	p. 150
Higher Quality and Efficiency in Delivery Performance	p. 152
Greater Accountability, Leadership, and Reorganization in Health Care	p. 154
Geisinger-Like Health System: Translating Knowledge into Action	p. 155
Kaela: Creating a Patient-Centered Primary Home	p. 156
Conclusion	p. 158
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 159
Summary	p. 161
References	p. 165
Index	p. 189
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