Families and Health

Term Assignment

 

Assignment Objectives

This assignment aims to increase the student’s awareness of the important relationships between health, well-being and social environments such as families. Students will choose ONE of the suggested topic headings and prepare a short paper discussing the connections between the identified social determinant of health and family-related issue.

Students will draw from a number of resources, including peer reviewed journals, textbooks, newspaper articles, class discussion, and lecture notes to complete the assignment.

 

Topic Headings

Choose ONE of the following:

 

• Early childhood experiences and poverty

 

• Social exclusion and family experiences of recent immigrants to Canada

 

• Issues of addiction (substance abuse/smoking) and its affect on family relationships

 

• Social support and chronic illness in the family

 

• Work, stress, family life and care-giving

 

Format and Instructions

Part A: Introduction

• State the purpose of the paper and outline what will be discussed
• Define your chosen social determinant of health and explain its relevance to overall health and well-being. If necessary, include any variations in your health definition
• Make the connection between your social determinant of health and the family-related issue

 

Part B: Literature Review

• Begin reading on your selected topic: Choose FIVE peer reviewed journal articles and/or book chapters that relate specifically to your social determinant of health and family issue (See “FNF100.Family.Studies.Resource.List.doc” to get started.)
• Gather other needed information from newspapers, magazines, class discussions and lecture notes
• Synthesize the main issues presented in this body of work in your paper
• Don’t just describe the main points, provide some critical perspective

 

Part C: Reflections/Conclusion

• Explain the importance of this family-related issue for health practitioners
• Where do we go from here? What is needed in order to further raise awareness of this health concern?

 

Guidelines

• Assignment must be 5 pages in length and completed independently

 

• Assignment must be typed, double-spaced and paginated

 

• 12 font and 1 inch margins are expected. Subheadings are acceptable.

 

• All submissions must include a title page: citing student name; date of submission; and course name and number

 

• Referencing: APA (6^th edition) academic format

 

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