Family health services

1. FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES
BY: Manasi Moharana
M.Sc. Tutor, SNC.

2. INTRODUCTION
 Family health services are the central point of health
services.
 It is an important component of “Health for All” goal.
Health of each individual affects the health of other
members of family.
 It is essential for community health nurse to have a sound
knowledge of family.
 Family health can be defined as continuing ability to meet
defined functions in interaction with other social, political,
economical and health system

3. DEFINITION
 Family Health Services can be defined as possessing
abilities and resources to accomplish family
development tasks. It is a special attention which is
given to family members to promote their health, prevent
from health problems and for the welfare of family.

4. CONCEPTS
1. Family is the basic unit of any health care system.
Without family care services, the target of health services
cannot be achieved.
2. Family health services act as a problem solving process
in which family health nurse provides services irrespective
of socio-economic level of families.

5. CONT..
3. Comprehensive health care (preventive, promotive and
rehabilitative care) can be provided to community and family
through health care services.
4. Family planning, nutrition, maternal and child health and
geriatric care are the important aspects of family health
services.

6. OBJECTIVES
1. To identify and appraise health problems of family.
2. Ensure family’s understanding and acceptance of
problem.
3. Provide nursing services according to health needs of
the family.
4. To help to develop competence in members to take care
of their family.
5. Promote utilization of available resources to maintain all
aspects of health of family.
6. To provide health education for leading healthy and
fruitful life.
7. 7. To provide health services to the family members at
cost effective level.
8. To assist the family members in achieving their health
goals.

7. AIMS
1. Reducing maternal mortality, morbidity and infant
mortality rate.
2. Spacing birth of children.
3. Solve problem of malnutrition in the family.
4. Health education.

8. SCOPES
 The goals of individual and community’s health and
growth in national health level can be achieved through
family health services:
1. Reproductive Health
2. Child Health
3. Adolescent Health
4. Mental Health
5. Gender Issues
6. Aging

9. PRINCIPLES
 Establish Good Professional Relationship with Family
 Knowledge of Basic Facts Size, Occupation, e.g.
Customs, Rituals and Education Standards
 Problem Identification and Priority
 Need Based Support and Services to Family
 Problem Discussion with Family and Possible Solution
 Encourage Family to be Self-sufficient to Fulfill their
Needs
 Health Services should be Irrespective of Sex, Age,
Income and Religion

10. CONT..
 Establish Good Professional Relationship with
Family
 Knowledge of Basic Facts Size, Occupation, e.g.
Customs, Rituals and Education Standards
 Problem Identification and Priority
 Need Based Support and Services to Family
 Problem Discussion with Family and Possible
Solution
 Encourage Family to be Self-sufficient to Fulfill
their Needs
 Participation of Family Members

11. INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY AS A UNIT
OF SERVICE
1. Family is supposed to be the basic biological, cultural
and epidemiological unit of society. Also, Health
resources are utilized through family. Hence, family is
the basic unit of health care services.
2. Health of individual depends on health of family.
3. Interdependence and interpersonal relationship create
awareness about health among family members.
4. Family size, structure, income, education, environment
affect health standard of family.
5. In health care needs, family plays important role.

12. CONT..
6. Illness of one family member affect total health care of
family.
7. Family plays an important role in supporting health care
need.
8. Individual health problem can be tackled and solved
easily through family health care.
9. Successful family life cycle can be achieved by family
health care services.
10. The goal of community health nursing can be achieved
through effective and most available channel for mobilizing
the health needs of the society.

13. FAMILY HEALTH NURSING PROCESS
 It is a systematic, problem solving, logical and deliberate
process to help family to develop and strengthen their
capabilities to meet their health needs and to solve their
health problems.
 It facilitates standardized nursing actions to achieve
family health nursing goals and objectives.
 It is a logical sequence of data collection to family health
care.
 It consists of five phases

14. 1.ASSESSMENT
It involves
 Observation,
 Nursing history,
 Consultation review of Literature,
 Interview,
 Clinical records,
 Physical and Psycho-social history.

15. 2. DIAGNOSIS:
 Consists of family diagnosis.

16. 3. PLANNING
It involves
 establishing priorities,
 setting goals and objectives
 formulating family health nursing care plan.

17. 4. IMPLEMENTATION
 It consists of mobilization of resources facilitating
work environment, implementation and
documentation.

18. 5. EVALUATION
 Involves summative and formative evaluation of
family health nursing care plan

19. QUALITIES OF FAMILY HEALTH NURSE
 Family Centered Approach
 Holistic Approach (Wellness)
 Non- Judgemental During Approach
 Self-Awareness
 Accepting Different Values and Beliefs
 Able to Work in Adverse Conditions
 Flexible
 Sensitive Towards Time and Efforts
 Independent and Positive Attitude
 Skillful
 Able to Cope and Manage Stress
 Able to Handle Situation
 Terminate Relationship with Family

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