Abstract
C l i n M e d International Library Citation: Garcia-Huidobro D, Mendenhall T (2015) Family Oriented Care: Opportunities for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. J Fam Med Dis Prev 1:009 Received: July 16, 2015: Accepted: August 31, 2015: Published: September 04, 2015 Copyright: © 2015 Garcia-Huidobro D. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Garcia-Huidobro and Mendenhall. J Fam Med Dis Prev 2015, 1:2
Highlights
The epidemics of chronic and non-communicable diseases – including depression, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancers – all of which lead to higher rates of morbidity and mortality, are expected to increase their burdens during the 20 years [1,2]
Almost 7 out of 10 deaths among Americans are caused by chronic diseases, where cardiovascular, cancer and chronic respiratory diseases are the leading causes of death [5]
Research has repeatedly demonstrated the contributions to health of factors beyond the physical environment, medical care, and health behaviors
Summary
Diabetes, the leading cause of kidney failure, blindness, and non-traumatic lower- limb amputations among adults in the Unites States (U.S.), was estimated to affect 25.8 million people (8.3% of the population in 2010) [9] This represents an increase in previous years’ rates, among minorities and groups with low educational levels [10]. Research has repeatedly demonstrated the contributions to health of factors beyond the physical environment, medical care, and health behaviors These include socioeconomic level, ethnic origin, participation and support in social networks, work conditions, and social capital, among others [1,2,3,13,14,15]. Because primary care is where most patients receive services, and health providers care for multiple family members, are responsible for screening for health problems, and treat most of the risk factors for highly prevalent and burdensome diseases, we consider that this approach could be beneficial in this setting, and will center the discussion on this level of care
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