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Family, basic social group united through bonds of kinship or marriage, present in all
societies. Ideally, the family provides its members with protection, companionship, security, and
socialization. The structure of the family and the needs that the family fulfils vary from society
to society. The nuclear family²two adults and their children²is the main unit in some societies.
In others, it is a subordinate part of an extended family, which also consists of grandparents and
other relatives. A third family unit is the single-parent family, in which children live with an
unmarried, divorced, or widowed mother or father. The family that the group had chosen was a
type of family which is called traditional family in today¶s society, which is viewed as an
autonomous unit in which both parents reside in the home with their children, the mother
assuming the nurturing role and the father providing the necessary economic resources, in other
words, the typical Filipino family.

Sharing and gaining knowledge, as well as caring for a single individual is already
fulfilling, but gaining and sharing knowledge to a family, compose of different individuals is a
great challenge for us, nursing student.

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The objectives of this family case study to let the student, gain knowledge about care to be
given to an individual with health problem as well as his family as a whole. Another is to provide
appropriate interventions to the health problems of the family.
On the part of the family, they will be able gain knowledge about their health status and
they will also be able to be knowledgeable about their health problem of their family member.
They will also be learning certain interventions for common health problem.

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This study focuses on every health problems encountered by the family and its
interventions. The health problems experienced by the family as a whole, like toilet, garbage
disposal and family planning. This study also aims to identify cause and interventions.

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The group were able to recommend the family to go to the Barangay Health Center for
health check up or if any health problem occurs. The group also advised the family to have
herbal plants on their back yard so that they can use it if any symptoms of illness occur, to
maintain good hygiene and cleanliness on their surroundings to prevent diseases and infections.
Proper waste disposal was also advised, and emphasized not to throw garbage on their backyard
and to the river because these could have negative effects on them especially on their health. The
family were cooperative in the interviewed given and agree to the advises.