Transcript Society and Health - family and society

Society and health
Family and society
Family and society
• What is a family?
• A family can be defined as a social unit
connected by blood, marriage or adoption.
• What is a household?
• One person living alone, or a group of
people sharing the same address and
living arrangements.
Family and household types.
• List 4 different family
types and explain
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• List 3 household
types and explain
them:
Functions of the family
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Love and emotional needs
Care and Security
Values, beliefs and attitudes
Safety for children
Socialisation of children
Reproduction of children
Cultural identity- beliefs
Shelter and protection
Financial resources for its members
Access to services
• Activity 3- page 10
Structures of families and
households
• Nuclear family- two generations
• Extended- 3 generations
• Step family- one or both parents have
been married before and have children by
previous parent
• Lone parent
• Same sex couple living together with
children
• Single person household
• Multi person- group of people i.e. students.
Changes in family group and
household composition
• Changing nature of extended family- declining.
• Changing roles within the family- more women working, some men
are house husbands
• Smaller family size
• Increase in childless women- more women want to pursue career
• Increase in older mothers
• Changing divorce rate- easier now to get divorced under- The
Divorce Reform Act, 1969.
• More step families- more re-marriages have increased since the
introduction of divorce legislation.
• More cohabitation- living with partner without being married
• Increased births outside marriage
• Increase in lone parent families
• More non-dependant children living at home- due to costs of higher
education, shortage of affordable housing.
• Civil partnerships- more acceptable now
• More one-person households- increased life expectancy.
Basic human needs
• Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
• Abraham Maslow studies human behaivour and
motivation and came up with this hierarchy.
(page 15)
• Physiological
• Safety
• Social
• Esteem
• Self-actualisation
• Activity 8- page 15
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
• Physiological- food, warmth, sleep, shelter
• Safety- protection
• Social needs- love and belonging, social
relationships
• Esteem needs- desire to achieve- in
school or work
• Self-actualisation- an individual must
realise potential and feel a sense of
satisfaction at achievement. Content with
themselves/ accept others.
The needs of household and family
groups
• Identity and inclusion- freedom for all- multi-cultural society
• Structure and organisation- values and beliefs, legislation, services
provided by local government.
• Safe and affordable places to live
• Employment opportunities- community must provide opportunities
for people to work.
• Access to services- health care, schools, social services, shops,
leisure.
• Transport systems- public transport systems in place.
Standard of living
• This is determined by the financial resources that are left over after
its basic needs are met.
• Standard of living is defined as a measure of the goods, services
and luxuries available to an individual or household once the basic
necessities are met. It is obviously very dependant on income.
• Factors affecting standard of living:
• Financial resources available, number of people in household,
number of dependents, occupation of individuals, health of
individuals, geographical location, amount of debt, cost of housing.