played an instrumental role in family planning for decades. Family planning is the planning of when to have children‚[1] and the use of birth control[2][3] and other techniques to implement such plans. Other techniques commonly used include sexuality education‚[3][4] prevention and management of sexually transmitted infections‚[3] pre-conception counseling[3] and management‚ and infertility management.[2] Family planning is choosing the number of children in a family and the length of time between
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Salvador Minuchin’s structural family theory is a systems theory upholding that therapy must address the person as a part of the family‚ versus just looking at the individual. We better understand Minuchin’s theory when it is framed within the principles of Ludwig von Bertalanffy’s general systems theory‚ the premise on which all other systems theories are based. He says‚ like Minuchin‚ it is more therapeutically beneficial to look at the relationships between people rather than focusing on the individual’s
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The Family Crucible Christine Lovejoy Activity 7 Dr. Brown As I was reading The Family Crucible‚ I felt as if I was in the therapy session with Carl Whitaker. The book provides an excellent example of family structure‚ and how the system can quickly break-down. The book also provides a detailed account around family relationships‚ personal attitudes‚ values‚ and psychological existence that affect our everyday roles for example‚ the role of a spouse‚ friend‚ and family member (i.e. Sister
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Air pollution Are you satisfied with the air that you breathe today? Do you know how many people suffer from the air pollution? Air pollution‚ which is harmful to the health or could cause damage to plants and materials‚ contains gases‚ dust‚ fumes. When pollution occurs in the air‚ it can easily travel and spread‚ and because we breathe in air‚ people are not able to easily avoid it. There are three effects of air pollution‚ which are acidification‚ health effects and global warming. The first
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Solution-focused therapy takes a different approach to helping people with their presenting problems. Here‚ it is believed that people do not necessarily have to know the causes of their issues in order to change (Nichols‚ 2013). They‚ instead‚ are capable of behaving effectively‚ however‚ are hindered by their negative mindset (Nichols‚ 2013). According to Nichols (2013)‚ solution-focused therapists believe that people need to make slight alterations to their perspective about their problems to
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Family Tree Exercise My grandparents from my mother’s side of the family were both born in China and resided in a small town their entire life. My grandmother—Po Po‚ goes by the name of Ling Tan; and my grandfather—Gung Gung‚ is called Chau Yi Chen. Both of them lived in the same village and were tied together through arrange marriage which is a very popular tradition in China. Due to China’s one child policy‚ my grandfather grew up with no siblings because it was illegal to give birth to more
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fields of anthropology and paleoanthropology have been dominated by one family name since the 1930 ’s‚ the Leaky family. Three generations of the Leakey family have been piecing together the story of our origins for over six decades. The patriarch of the family is Louis S.B. Leakey who was a paleontologist‚ an archaeologist and an anthropologist. He was born in Kenya in 1903 where he lived with his parents among Kenya ’s largest tribe. He attended college at the University of Cambridge and
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Key Terms: “Family Consultation” and “Mental Illness” 1. Psychologists and Families of the Severely Mentally Ill: The Role of Family Consultation a. Kayla F. Bernheim b. March 1989 American Psychologist Vol. 44 No. 3 561-564 No Abstract Notes: • The presumptions of a consultative relationship are several: o First: the consultee is presumed to be competent‚ though lacking information in an area in which the consultant has specific expertise The first goal of the consultant is to impart
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gaining understanding of his/her family background. Assessing the family using systemic approach enables health care providers to learn about the ways in which family members interact‚ what are the family expectations and norms‚ how effective is the members communication‚ who makes decisions and how the family deals with life time stressors (Hockenberry & Wilson‚ 2007). This paper outlines the assessment and analysis of the three generation of Wits’ and Smiths’ families‚ its relationship‚ health pattern
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PRELIMINARY AND INCOMPLETE DRAFT How effective are family-planning programs at improving the lives of women? Some perspectives from a vast literature Shareen Joshi February‚ 2011 Abstract In the past 50 years‚ family-planning programs have been heavily promoted across the developing world. A vast academic literature now tests both the intellectual rationale for these programs‚ as well as their impact on a wide range of demographic and economic outcomes. In recent years‚ the availability
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