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

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

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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)

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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

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IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY IN
HEALTH AND WELL BEING

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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

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Parenting is an art…. To be learnt

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2. Socialisation

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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

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3 Personality formation

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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.

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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

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4. CARE OF DEPENDENT
ADULTS

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

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Family acts as a support system

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5. Stabilisation of adult personality

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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

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6. Familial susceptibility to disease

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

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PROBLEM AND BROKEN
FAMILIES

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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

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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

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

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

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THANK YOU