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Family Health  Impact Factor

 Family health may be a state during which the family may be a resource for the day-to-day living and health of its members. A family provides its individual members with key resources for healthful living, including food, clothing, shelter, a way of self-worth, and access to medical aid. Further, family health may be a socioeconomic process whereby the health of relations is mentioned. As the basic socioeconomic unit of most societies, the family is that the interface between societal and individual health, and therefore the economic interface between the family and society determines what resources are available for a family's health. For instance, in families the daddy is primary income earner, yet his skills are marketable only in remote, resource-based communities. In such families, members may have adequate financial resources for healthful living due to the father's stable employment, though their shared geographic location has the potential to negatively impact access to all fresh foods, recreation facilities, and quality health care. Here, the community plays a primary role in mitigating the consequences of geographic location. In healthy communities, many families will enjoy resources available within the community and, in turn, will produce members who contribute in a similar way, with family dynamics mediating this reciprocal process.  

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