Families and Health

For this second edition of a text for use in courses concerned with family studies, public health, medical sociology, social inequality, and public policy, author Grochowski (College of St. Benedict and St. John's University) offers an original interdisciplinary model, the Family Health Determinants Model, which is based on the biopsychosocial approach and general systems theory. The text explores how health issues affect families and how families can affect the health status of individuals. Coverage encompasses epigenetics and family health histories, social and economic determinants of family health, environmental exposures, and insurance inequality, with discussion of specific issues such as family caregivers, childhood asthma, the Affordable Care Act, and sex education. The book features case vignettes and many data tables and charts. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)