This course will examine families as a primary context for understanding health and health-related behaviors. Major topices include: 1) models and theories of the family, 2) history and current status of family-based practice, 3) the impact of demographic trends and their impact on family structure and functioning, 4) family diversity with respect to social status groups, ethnicity, and culture and their implications for understanding health phenomena, 5) families as the context for socialization to health beliefs and practices, 6) the provision of family-based care, and 7) health profiles of family members and their roles.
| Semester: | Fall 2006 |
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| Instructor: | Linda M. Chatters |
| Category: | HBSE |
| U-M Class #: | 21993 |
| Program Type:
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Program Type describes the program in which you are pursuing, i.e., residential or online part-time.
At this time, residential students may not directly enroll in online program courses, rather a course enrollment petition is required.
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Residential |
| Credits: | 3 Credit Hours |
| W: | Social Work is not the home dept; home dept in parenthesis, contact home dept with questions |
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| X: | Social Work is the home department of this course |
University of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 South University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106