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Trainees Nelson Saldaña, Sarah Seelye and Ellen Compernolle awarded PSC grants
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Families and Health
HBHE 629
3 credit hours, offered annually
This course examines families as a primary context for understanding health and health-related behaviors. Major topics include: 1) models and theories of the family, 2) history and current status of family-based practice, 3) the impact of demographic trends and their impact on family structure and functioning, 4) family diversity with respect to social status groups, ethnicity, and culture and their implications for understanding health phenomena, 5) families as the context for socialization to health beliefs and practices, 6) the provision of family-based care, and 7) health profiles of family members and their family roles.
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