CHN

Social unit interacting with larger society

Characterized by people together because of birth, marriage, adoption or choice

Marriage spl contract of permanent union bet man & woman

2 or more persons who are joined together by bonds of sharing & emotional closeness & identify themselves as part of FAMILY

Family assessment tools

Man has more that 1 wife

1 or both spouses bring in child/children from previous marriage in their new living arrangement.

Empty nester

Live-in

Cohabitating couple of same sex, Not legal

Pregnancy outside of wedlock, Separation, Death of spouse

Husband wife childre, Marriage, procreation

3 generations, Married sibling & their F w/ grandparents

Authority is vested in the mother or mother’s kin.

Authority is vested on the oldest male in the family, often the father.

Prolonged absence of mother gives father a dominant position in the family

Prolonged absence of father gives mother a dominant position in the family

When married couple lives with or near husband’s family.

When a married couple sets up home separate from either side of their families.

When couple lives with or near mother’s family.

Property & title inheritance passes through mother’s side.

Occurs when property & title inheritance passes down through father’s side.

Husband has more than one wife at the same time. This type of family can be found mostly in Saudi Arabia

Husband only has one wife; western idea of typical marriage.

Consists of a wife with more than one husband. Can be found in Todas of Southern India.

Known as McGoldrick–Gerson study, a Lapidus schematic or a family diagram

Pictorial display of person's family relationships & medical history

Developed by Congress & Kung, 2005

Develop a better understanding of the sociocultural context of the family as well as identify appropriate interventions for the family.

Universal accepted institution for reproductive functioning / child-rearing

Family Confers its social rank into the society.

Family First teacher of societal rules;

ECONOMIC Functioning: UNIT OF PRODUCTION

ECONOMIC Functioning: UNIT OF CONSUMPTION, ENTERPRISE

Explains how the family as a unit interacts w/ larger units outside the family & with smaller units inside the family.

The 3 Subsystem of the Family (Parke 2002)

One of the practices of Filipino traditional medicine, thought of as ‘healing’

Aligns nerves and balances electrical energy.

Expert in post-natal massage.

Uses herbal in healing

Drains excess energy

Health promotion & specific protection

Restoration and rehabilitation

Early dx (diagnosis) and Prompt (dx) diagnosis , Disability Limitations