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    This document discusses family-oriented primary care (FOPC) and its importance in family medicine. FOPC views the family as an integral part of patient care. It recognizes that a person's health is influenced by their family relationships and environment. Practicing FOPC involves always considering the family's medical history, beliefs, and social factors during appointments. Tools like genograms and ecomaps are used to gather more information on a patient's family context to better identify health risks and needs. FOPC is especially relevant for primary care due to its focus on undifferentiated conditions and lifestyle diseases, which can be influenced by family dynamics.

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    This document discusses family-oriented primary care (FOPC) and its importance in family medicine. FOPC views the family as an integral part of patient care. It recognizes that a person's health is influenced by their family relationships and environment. Practicing FOPC involves always considering the family's medical history, beliefs, and social factors during appointments. Tools like genograms and ecomaps are used to gather more information on a patient's family context to better identify health risks and needs. FOPC is especially relevant for primary care due to its focus on undifferentiated conditions and lifestyle diseases, which can be influenced by family dynamics.

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    This document discusses family-oriented primary care (FOPC) and its importance in family medicine. FOPC views the family as an integral part of patient care. It recognizes that a person's health is influenced by their family relationships and environment. Practicing FOPC involves always considering the family's medical history, beliefs, and social factors during appointments. Tools like genograms and ecomaps are used to gather more information on a patient's family context to better identify health risks and needs. FOPC is especially relevant for primary care due to its focus on undifferentiated conditions and lifestyle diseases, which can be influenced by family dynamics.

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    Family-Oriented Primary Care

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    This document discusses family-oriented primary care (FOPC) and its importance in family medicine. FOPC views the family as an integral part of patient care. It recognizes that a person's health is influenced by their family relationships and environment. Practicing FOPC involves always considering the family's medical history, beliefs, and social factors during appointments. Tools like genograms and ecomaps are used to gather more information on a patient's family context to better identify health risks and needs. FOPC is especially relevant for primary care due to its focus on undifferentiated conditions and lifestyle diseases, which can be influenced by family dynamics.

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    Family-Oriented Primary Care

    By
    Innocent Besigye
    MBChB, MMed
    What is a family?

    An intimate nurturing group sharing the past,


    present & future bound biologically or legally
    or socially.
    Why family in family medicine?
    • A family is the immediate physical, psycho-
    social & economic context for the interplay
    between health &illness
    • Place where disease/illness &
    healing/recovery occurs
    • Helps to identify family-related factors that
    promote health & provide support
    • Factors that may undermine the health care
    plan
    • Causes of lifestyle diseases can be found in
    the family
    • Genetic factors are well known: genetic tests
    & counseling
    • Risky beliefs & behaviors
    • Shift in the burden of disease from acute
    infectious to chronic lifestyle diseases
    Practicing FOPC
    • Always think family!
    • Considers family as an integral part of
    information gathering, clinical reasoning &
    patient care
    • Relevant in primary care due its nature of
    uncertainty and dealing with undifferentiated
    clinical conditions
    5 Helpful Questions when thinking
    family
    • Has anyone else in the family had a similar
    problem?
    • What do family members believe caused the
    problem & how do they think it should be
    treated?
    • Who in the family is most concerned about
    the problem?
    • Have there been any other recent changes or
    stresses in your life? Are you or any members
    of your family experiencing any difficulties at
    present?
    • How can your family or friends assist you with
    this problem?
    Necessary Tools
    • Genogram
    • Ecomap
    • Family Circles
    Genogram
    • Systematic method of recording important
    information on patient’s context
    • Relevant for continuity of care
    • May help to identify patterns of organic as well
    as psychosocial & interpersonal problems
    • Preventive tool by drawing attention to the
    consequences of health risks in previous
    generations
    • Helps identify complex family problems that
    need referral to counselor/family therapist
    Symbols used in drawing
    genogram
    Ecomap
    • Diagrammatically documents & explores broader
    social systems within which the family operates
    • Household is placed at the centre & drawn
    within a circle using genogram symbols
    • A number of other circles are drawn around
    representing the typical parts of a larger system
    • Connections are then drawn between the
    systems & the household
    Sample
    Ecomap for Miss. T
    Systems Theory
    Human needs
    Any Questions?

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