FAMILY-ORIENTED CARE: OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION

Abstract

The world lives in an era of health promotion, prophylaxis and prevention of diseases. Health promotion is a concept established in the mid-1980s aimed managing and improving individual, family and public health and well-being. Health promotion, prevention of diseases and risk factors are priority activities in the work of the general practitioner. The use of family-oriented care to promote health and prevent disease is supported by a number of reasons such as: families with members with chronic diseases are at increased risk of dysfunction compared to families with healthy members; the positive family dynamics is related to improved results in the development of many health conditions, etc. The purpose of the article is to present and discuss the benefits and limitations of implementing family-oriented interventions in the promotion of family health and disease prevention. The use of this approach is in its beginning. Additional research is needed, as well as involving physicians, health care managers, health managers, researchers, and policy makers to analyze and validate guidelines for implementing family-oriented health care.