The family is an important environment affecting the health of individuals and a social unit whose health is basic to that of the community at large. What is learned within family structures?
1. Smoking habits and heart disease
2. Health values, health habits, and health risk perception
3. Health risks that must be assumed by all family members
4. Caring for chronically ill family members
ANS: 2
Health behaviors are affected by and acted out within the family environment.
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