Family.pptx

A useful ppt on the basics of family and it's importance for undergraduates ..... Happy reading!

1. Family – An Introduction Dr. Divija Department of Community Medicine Sree Gokulam Medical College & Research Foundation

2. What is a Family? Primary unit of a social organisation Group of biologically related individuals (blood , adoption or marriage) and share the same kitchen. Group of individuals living together & eating from a common kitchen – Household ( not essentially blood related)

3. Functions of family Provision of a home Economic security Imparting knowledge and life skills Provision of emotional and social support Provision of social status Socialization

4. IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY IN HEALTH AND WELL BEING

5. 1. Child rearing Differ with different societies Depend on resources, knowledge, values. Community health worker who seeks to improve child health meets obstacles – traditional ways & religion Female literacy Aim is to bring up responsible adults

6. Parenting is an art…. To be learnt

7. 2. Socialisation

8. 2. Socialization To socialize “the new born children” Teaching the young – values of society, transmitting information, culture, beliefs, general codes of conduct Schools & religious places play an important role Rewards & punishments

9. 3 Personality formation

10. 3. Personality formation The capacity to withstand stress & strain and the way in which individual interacts with other people – influenced by early experience in family. Family acts as a buffer against bad influences Lay foundation for physical, mental and social health of the child.

11. Good personality traits Increased self esteem Increased confidence and good decision making Can overcome failures or difficult situations by through wise actions Has a positive attitude Positive qualities Always willing for personal improvement Makes a mark of their own

12. 4. CARE OF DEPENDENT ADULTS

13. 4. Care of dependant adults Sick & injured Women during pregnancy & child birth Aged, adolescent children & handicapped

14. Family acts as a support system

15. 5. Stabilisation of adult personality

16. 5. Stabilization of adult personality “Shock absorber” Opportunity for release of tension to attain mental equilibrium & stable relationship with others Stress diseases – Hypertension, Peptic ulcer, Colitis, Rheumatism, skin diseases

17. 6. Familial susceptibility to disease

18. 6. Familial susceptibility to disease Pool of genes Hereditary diseases Consanguineous marriage Hemophilia , Diabetes, Schizophrenia, Congenital malformations Common environment Communicable diseases

19. PROBLEM AND BROKEN FAMILIES

20. 7. Broken family Parents separated or death occurred to one or both parents Paternal separation or dual parental separation Psychopathic behaviour, Immature personality, Retardation of growth, speech & intellect in children Prostitution, Crime & Vagrancy

21. 8. Problem families Parents are unable to meet the physical and/or emotional needs of the children Children lag behind rest of the community Problems in personality or character defects Relationship problems Marital disharmony Backwardness Poverty Mental & emotional inability Illness

22. “ The secret of national health lies in the homes of the people” Florence Nightingale

23. References Park Text book of Preventive and Social Medicine AH Suryakantha – Community Medicine with Recent Advances

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