Families and health / Janet R. Grochowski ; Susan J. Ferguson, series editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: families and their health -- Biology and family health: epigenetics and beyond --Behaviour patterns: families' health choices -- Social determinants and family health -- Environmental exposures and global family health -- Health care and families.

This interdisciplinary text examines five different components of family health - biology, behavior, social-cultural circumstances, the environment, and health care - and the ways they affect the abilities of family members to perform well in their homes, workplaces, and communities. Special awareness is paid to health disparities among individuals, families, groups, regions, and nations. The author discusses how health of individual families influences our local, national, and global communities. Families and Health argues that family health is not a privilege for the few, but a personal, national, and global right and responsibility.