Family health indicators

Health indicators are specific objective or subjective measures used to assess the health status of an individual or population. They serve for monitoring, measurement, and analysis of various health aspects, enabling physicians, researchers, and other health professionals to gain a more precise understanding and evaluation of the patient's or community's condition. Health indicators not only help diagnose current illnesses but are also used to assess the risk of disease development and to monitor the effects of preventive and therapeutic actions. They are an essential tool in healthcare, enabling informed decision-making in diagnostics, treatment, and prevention.

Demographic Health Indicator - Education, Gender, Age, Occupation

Gender - Women have different diseases than men. Diseases vary in childhood and old age.

Occupations - Occupational diseases.

Education - Education is related to the profession.

Physical Health Indicator

Infant mortality.

Causes of infant and child mortality.

Children's illnesses and causes.

Incidence of infectious diseases.

The regularity of physical and mental development.

Presence of congenital and genetic defects.

Number of pregnancies, births, miscarriages.

Occurrence of chronic diseases.

Mental Health Indicators

Existence of risk factors (history of mental illness in the family, alcoholism, and other disorders).

Upbringing in an incomplete family.

Divorces.

Disabled or chronically ill individuals.

Only children.

Criminality.

Social Health Indicators

Family social health - how the whole family is perceived, family status.

Whether the family matters in the social environment.

Attitude towards tradition, religion, culture in the family.

Fulfillment of social roles.

Attitude towards health and illness (responsibility for one's health and that of loved ones).

Job satisfaction.

Occurrence of conflicts in marriage.

Factors Conditioning Family Health

Macro social conditions

State social policy (child benefits, attempts to employ women).

Economic conditions.

Cultural factors.

Mesosocial conditions

Attitude towards medical institutions, professions.

Microsocial conditions

Prosocial - determine the patient's attitude towards people.

Moral

Factors Conditioning Family Health

Biological

genetically healthy offspring, fertility protection, postnatal care.

protection during development, physical care, nutrition.

availability of food, maintaining traditions and customs.

health protection, treatment of parasitic infections, injuries, and protection against environmental risks.

conditions for recreation.

Psychological

emotional health of family members.

mutual love and respect among family members.

ability to tolerate stressful situations and adapt in crisis conditions.

ability to provide mutual assistance.

ability to establish contacts outside the family.

Socio-cultural

maintaining traditional cultural, social, and religious patterns.

understanding the social needs of children of different ages within the family.

having concepts of behavioral norms and willingness to teach and demonstrate these norms to other family members.

Economic

possession of vocational skills and their utilization.

ability to use family resources to meet other needs.

financial assistance among family members.

Educational

possessing an adequate level of intelligence and education to fulfill the appropriate role

associated with other family functions.

education appropriate for fulfilling the role of an adult.

utilizing education and other personality traits.