Resumen

LOURO BERNAL, Isabel. Towards a new conceptualization of family group health and its conditioning factors. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2004, vol.20, n.3. ISSN 0864-2125.

Professional experiences in the field of teaching and research evidenced the need of clearing up and delimitating the concept of family health. There are different meanings of the concept that do not refer to the family group as a unit of medical, psychological and social attention in the community. This paper recommends a new theoretical conception of the family group health and its conditioning factors that is useful for the assistance, investigative, teaching and administrative work of health professionals. The theroretical foundations distinguishing the psychosocial approach supporting the proposal are exposed. Such a suggestion is the theoretical component of an evaluation model designed to provide information for diagnosing family health at the primary health care level. This paper was based on bibliografic search, discussions with experts and on the results of the research carried out among Cuban families.

Palabras clave : Family group; family health.