Family as a health promotion setting: A scoping review of conceptual models of the health-promoting family.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The family is a key setting for health promotion. Contemporary health promoting family models can establish scaffolds for shaping health behaviors and can be useful tools for education and health promotion.

Objectives

The objective of this scoping review is to provide details as to how conceptual and theoretical models of the health promoting potential of the family are being used in health promotion contexts.

Design

Guided by PRISMA ScR guidelines, we used a three-step search strategy to find relevant papers. This included key-word searching electronic databases (Medline, PSycINFO, Embase, and CINAHL), searching the reference lists of included studies, and intentionally searching for grey literature (in textbooks, dissertations, thesis manuscripts and repo

SUBMITTER: Michaelson V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8041208 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature