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International year of the family report (phase 1): an overview of academic attempts to define the family

Contents:Summary
1. What is the family?
2. Health care professionals views of the family
3. The Changing Family
4. The role of the family in creating and maintaining health
5. The theoretical distinction between health education and health promotion and its relationship to the family
6. A review of health promotion / education policies and intiatives oriented towards the family
7. Recommendations for stage two of HEBS International Year of the Family Project
8. References
Appendix: Inventory of health education and health promotion materials and initiatives

8. References

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