FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE/PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

FAMILY LIFE CYCLE

2022

LECTURE OUTLINE
I. Family Life Cycle III. Use two columns if the outline is too
A. Subheading long.
II. Two Levels of Order of IV. If the outline is short, merge these
Magnitude of Change two cells together.
A. Subheading

I. FAMILY LIFE CYCLE

 Represents composite of an individual development changes of
family members.
o We must understand the changes going through on each
individual member to be able to fully advise the patient
and the family on how to cope with certain challenges
 Shows the evolution of the marital relationship
 Presents cyclic development of the evolving family unit

A. COMPOSITION OF FAMILY
 Families incorporate new members only by birth, adoption, marriage
 Members leave only by death
 Neither annulment nor separation will take any parent away from the
family per se. they may be

1. THE FAMILY UNIT

1. Pedigree chart 8. Social activities

2. Interpersonal relationship 9. Religious habits
3. Family roles 10. Recreational patterns
4. Cohesiveness 11. Overall family strength and
5. Communication weakness
6. Ethnic/cultural background 12. Nutritional habits
7. Organization/degree of 13. Mobility
cooperation

1.1. PEDIGREE CHART

 Must consist of 3 or more generations identified by roman numerals
 First born of each generation is farthest to the left while siblings
following to the right in order of birth
 Family name is placed above each major family unit
 Given names and ages are p

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