The importance of family to health, development and welfare of children

Abstract

Professionals who work with children in health services, social services or within the school system are generally not adequately aware of the importance of family to the children's reactions. This means that the children are at risk of being treated only for symptoms when the unity of child and family is not adequately taken into account. Prevention has to focus on the first steps. Children must be allowed to talk about their problems. The whole family should be included in the treatment.

Forty years of research concerning children and youth in Greenland: a mapping review

“…18 studies had family as a primary theme, and four of these used exclusively qualitative inquiry methods [87–90]. Three studies used a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods [32,36,79], seven used survey methods alone, and two were exclusively based on statistical registers [48,91]. In the theme of Education , 30 studies covered the attitude of the students, including analysis of their well-being and living conditions, 21 focused on the educational system and on ways of organising teaching, four focused on residential institutions [14,92–94] and one on intervention with teachers using the perspectives of their students [76]…”