Question

Public health nurses must blend family nursing theories with public health theories and frameworks to work both with individual families and populations of families. Explain the following three family social science theories, including the strengths and weakness of each one: Family Systems Theory, Family Developmental and Life Cycle Theory and Bioecological Systems Theory. Which theory is most beneficial to you as a public health nurse in achieving healthy outcomes for families and why?

Answer 1

Family system theory

It is a theory proposed by Dr Murray Bowen which states that the individual can not be seen in isolation, family is a place were interconnected and interdependent individuals

Family developmental cycle theory

it is duvall's family developmental stages which include the each and every stage a family life is going through and each and every task has to be achieved by each stage .

Biological ecological system theory

it is developed by Brofenbrenners and it includes the five environmental system with which the individual interact. These are microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, and chronosystem

As a public health nurse the system theory approach is very important the healthy interaction between the family and the environment. Also it will give more about how the family achieves the balance between the problem behavior and good behaviour. what way they were able handle the issues etc can be very well understand with the help of system perspective.