It is essential for family members to realize that a family's beliefs, values, and practices strongly influence the health-promoting behaviors of its members, and to understand that
a. American families are part of the same culture with the same values and beliefs.
b. Economic status has little effect on a family's ability to access adequate health care.
c. Family environment in early life has a strong influence on later health practices.
d. All families place a high value on good health and health practices.
C
Family environment is crucial because health behavior reinforced early in life has a strong influence on later health practices. Although American families exist within the same culture, they live in very different ways as a result of race, values, social class, and ethnicity. Economic stability increases a family's access to adequate health care. Some families do not place a high value on good health. In fact, some families accept harmful practices.
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