An ecomap is used to
1. Depict environmental threats to members of a family and diagram or "map" strategies to minimize them.
2. Describe the family's health history, including causes of death and genetically linked diseases.
3. Diagram a family's connections and areas of stress, as well as family members' linkages to the world.
4. View family patterns and includes births, deaths, divorces, and remarriages.
ANS: 3
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