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    Family Diversity in Britain since the 1960s The 1960s typical British household consisted of what is known as a “Nuclear Family”. The meaning behind this is a family which consists of a mother‚ a father and two children ideally a boy and a girl. In this family the father would be considered as the bread-winner. This means the father would be the main source of income‚ or even the only source of income. The mother would be expected through tradition to be the one who stays at home and cooks‚ cleans

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    gaining understanding of his/her family background. Assessing the family using systemic approach enables health care providers to learn about the ways in which family members interact‚ what are the family expectations and norms‚ how effective is the members communication‚ who makes decisions and how the family deals with life time stressors (Hockenberry & Wilson‚ 2007). This paper outlines the assessment and analysis of the three generation of Wits’ and Smiths’ families‚ its relationship‚ health pattern

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    IMPACTS OF FAMILY STRUCTURE‚ PARENTAL PRACTICES AND FAMILY SIZE ON CHILDREN ’S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE BY Oyerinde‚ O.O. Department of Physical and Health Education. University of llorin‚ llorin‚ Kwara Nigeria. Abstract This paper presents the impacts of family structure‚ parental practices and family size on the academic attainment and performance of children. It briefly stated the types of family structure available: Single-parent families‚ two- parent families (intact families) and step-parent

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    Family Paper NURS 3304 Professional Nursing Practice October 6‚ 2011 Introduction The movie we chose to review is My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The film portrays a large family with strong cultural beliefs. Family relatives include Tula Portokalos‚ Gus Portokalos‚ Maria Portokalos‚ Athena Portokalos‚ Yiayia‚ Aunt Voula‚ Nick Portokalos‚ Uncle Taki‚ Athena‚ Foci‚ Cousin Nikki‚ Cousin Angelo‚ Yianni‚ Cousin Jennie‚ Aunt Frieda‚ Cousin Marianthi‚ Aunt Lexy‚ Aunt Nota‚ and Paris Miller.

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    Functionalist views are some of the most well known theories on the family and have contributed to our understanding of the family in various ways. It is useful to consider how the family supports wider society. Functionalism considers this by deciding what functions the family must perform and therefore which type would suit society best. Functionalism believes that the nuclear family ‘fits’ and supports society because it is geographically mobile and allows people to move around the country

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    The Asian Family

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    The Asian family has a strong bond and this provides for growth and opportunity within the family‚ and also when they reach adulthood. There are many Asian culture associations that provide an extended family for many Asian Americans. The business world of the Asian American is strongly linked to family. The Asian family run business is a constant in many communities. You will see family working together in their restaurant or other type of business. The Asian culture associations are also available

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    Changes in Family

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    The family as a social institution has always been regarded as a core element types for the development of the individual as well as for the society and for the state. Therefore the changes of family values are given much attention all over the world. As we have discussed about the development of an individual‚ society‚ and state which very much depends on the family. Hence this change requires the knowledge of this status quo condition and context of the change. The function of the family is not

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    . Family Assessment and Health Promotion Intervention Concerning Stress Overload The concept of the health is very difficult to define. It means different things to every family. A nurse should understand and recognize each family as unique and accept the definition of each family about health. Loveland-Cherry (2000) suggests that family health is seen as the abilities and resources that are available to a family to accomplish its developmental tasks . If the family is able to perform effectively

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    Family Values NUR/542 Family systems nursing‚ while considered a relatively new specialty has‚ in reality been around for a long time. The involvement of the family in caring for an ill family member has long been recognized as therapeutic. True‚ the primary focus of nursing seems concentrated on the patient‚ but the family and the home are “where health is learned‚ lived‚ and experienced” along with being “the niche where multiple members encounter and respond to disease and illness across

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    I. Introduction Families in the 21st century are both similar to and different from families in the past. When exploring family relationships and dynamics. It is important to understand the ways that families work‚ how they relate to each other and how they function in society in terms of child rearing. The family still remains the central until to raising children in society today. But there have ways that technology affects the family dynamics. What is Family dynamics? Family dynamics refers to

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