Ecological Family Systems Theory

When looking at health care insurance for children so that they may receive the preventative services that they need, I believe that this policy is linked to ecological family systems theory. In this theory families do not operate alone, the functions in which families perform are in alliance with other institutions such as formation and dissolution, economic systems (insurance), educational systems, healthcare systems, legal systems, support systems, mediating systems and media. The theorist that developed this theory was Urie Bronfenbrenner, the theory is also known as human ecology theory. He believed that a person’s environment was divided into five levels and each level was influential in different ways. For example, the microsystem is
This policy was put into place in order to provide access to health care coverage to everyone. However, research shows that we need to do more, we need to achieve improvements in population health and achieve equity, we need to address the problems associated with social economic, and environmental that influence why these families cannot get health care. By taking a look at the ecological family systems theory, you can clearly see the different factors of risk. For example, our social support networks and access to health care is one of the main reasons families do not seek preventative health care. This falls into our community role on the ecological family systems theory. If the community fails, it is setting the individual up for failure as well. In conclusion, when comparing the ecological family systems theory and health care insurance, they go hand-in-hand. Health care insurance is part of the services provided by the community resources whether it is gained through a family’s place of work or government agencies. Some families depend on this community resource to obtain health care and others do not utilize what is available to them. Either way you look at it, it is a major piece of the ecological system