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2. Dr. Sunil Pal Singh.C MBBS, MD
Assistant professor
Dept Of Community Medicine
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3. “The secret of national health lies in the
homes of people”.
- Florence Nightingale
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4. Family: The family is group defined by a sex
relationship precise and enduring to provide
for procreation and up brining of children
Maclver
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5. As a cultural unit, family reflects culture of wider
society of which it forms a part and determines the
behaviour and attitudes of its members.
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6. The Family
It is a group of people who are related by blood or
marriage or adoption and living together and
eating from a common kitchen.
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7. Family :
Biological unit
Social unit
Cultural unit
Epidemiological unit
Unit for providing social services
Unit for providing comprehensive medical care.
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8. Stages of Family Formation:
PHASES
EVENTS
Beginning
End
I. Formation
Marriage
Birth of 1st C
II. Extension
Birth of 1st C
B. of last C
III. comp Ex
B. Of last C
1st C leaves
IV. Contraction
1st C leaves home
Last C leaves home
V. Completed
Contraction
Last C leaves home
of parents
1st spouse dies
VI. Disolution
1st spouse dies
Death of survivor
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9. Types of families
• Patriarcial ( father is head ).
• Matriarcial ( mother is head ).
• Matrilocal ( husband go to wife house).
• Patrilocal ( wife go to husband house ).
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10. Types of families
• Matrilinial ( right of property is females ).
Patrilinial (right of property is males ).
• Monogamous (one man marries one woman)
• Polygamous (Husband has more than one wife)
• Polyandrous (One woman marries many men)
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11. Types of families
• An endogamous (consanguineous)
• An exogamous (Non- consanguineous)
(?) What are the problems / health effects of above
types of Family?
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12. Types of families
• Nuclear family: consist of Husband, wife and
their children.
• Joint family: Married couples live with their
parents and their children
• Three generation family: Grand parents, their
married sons and their
off springs
(?) Advantages & Disadvantages of Above type of
family??????
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13. Types of families
Broken family: Parents have separated or death has
occurred.
Problem family: Lags behind the rest of the community
(?) Effects of above said families on health and Community
????????
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14. Functions of Family
• Communication
• Provision of home and surname.
• Satisfaction of sexual needs.
• Procreation and rearing of children.
• Economic security.
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15. Functions of Family
• Education of children.
• Care during sickness, old age, widowhood.
• Socialization.
• Center for religious training, social customs
etc..
• Recreation and stress & strain absorption.
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16. Functions of Family
• Stabilization of adult personality-family is like
shock absorber.
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17. Family Tradition and Health:
• Health perception: perceive health as token of
divine and diseases as form of punishment.
• Housing condition: ill ventilated, ill lighted,
kitchens are neglected, latrine is absent.
• Personal hygiene: bathing, oil massage, turmeric
application, brushing with neem twigs,
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18. Family Tradition and Health:
• Disposal practices: Insanitation – lack of latrine
• Dietary practices: Veg, Non- veg, PEM, food fads,
food taboos, Nutrition during pregnancy and
lactation….
• Life style: Bare foot walking, open air defecation,
smoking, paan chewing,
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19. Family Tradition and Health:
• Child rearing practices: Prelacteal feeds, Delay in
weaning, stopping of breast feeding, stoping of
breast feeding during diarrhea, branding the skin of
child, purgatives, aplying kajal
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20. Family Tradition and Health:
Care of vulnerable: Ignorance and negligence of the
family members towards their vulnerable members
results in late reporting and delayed treatment
Reproductive behavior: Teen age marriages, polygamy,
large family size, gender preference,
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21. Challenges of the Family:
Communication problems
Frequent Arguing.
Financial problems.
Separation.
Grief and Loss.
Depression.
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22. Check the appropriate column based on the needs provided by the parents for
.
the members of the family
Needs provided by the Parents
yes
No
Give advise when problem arises among family
members
Provides education to each and every member of
family
Ensures that all family members eat sufficiently
Provide support to the family members who are
depressed
Annual medical check up to the family members.
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23. Thank you
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