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A family perspective on population health: the case of child health and the family.

Year: 2009

Type: review

Abstract: CONTEXT: This paper makes the case for a family perspective on population health and specifically focuses on how children's health can impact family health and well-being. OBJECTIVE: To review and synthesize the diverse set of papers that has examined the associations and linkages between children's health and family health. RESULTS: Based on the synthesis of the existing literature, additional research is needed that focuses on (1) the longitudinal impact of childhood chronic illness on the family using national samples, (2) the application of interdisciplinary methodologies to studying childhood chronic illness in the family, and (3) understanding the psychobiology of caring for a child with a chronic illness and the concordance of such measures with self-reported stress and burden. CONCLUSIONS: We propose a new integrated conceptual framework for better understanding the mechanisms that influence children's health and health care.

Source: PubMed

Authors: Whitney P Witt, Thomas DeLeire

Institution: University of Wisconsin–Madison

Language: English

Topic: Family Support in Illness

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Awards: Interactions between Childhood Illness and the Family, Waisman Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center