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Discussion – Family Values

Post your responses by 2359 Wednesday

Post your replies to peers by 2359 Saturday

Topic

One of the terms we often see in the media is “family values.” In Chapter 13, page 353 of the

textbook, Friedman et al. define family values as “a system of ideas, attitudes, and beliefs about

the worth of an entity or concept that consciously and unconsciously bind together the members

of a family in a common culture (Parad & Caplan, 1965).”

Clearly, the true meaning of “family values” is complex. However, one thing is clear: family

values serve as general guides to behavior and they shape the family’s patterns of behavior

related to health care. Beginning on page 355, there is a detailed discussion of American Core

Values. One of these values (see page 363) relates to quality of life and maintaining health.

Friedman et al. indicate that maintaining health is becoming a major value within the American

culture along with people actively participating in their healthcare decisions rather than passively

receiving healthcare intervention.

a) From your professional and/or personal experiences, give one example of a person or

family whose health-related behaviors appeared to have been driven by this American

Core Value, and identify the social class, culture/ethnicity, and age range of the primary

person(s) involved.

b) From your professional and /or personal experiences, give one example of a person or

family whose health-related behaviors appeared to have been driven by an alternative

value in which healthcare intervention was passively received. Identify the social class,

culture/ethnicity, and age range of the primary person(s) involved.

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Rubric

Late Initial Discussion responses will be penalized 5 points for every day late. There

will be no credit given for late peer responses.

Discussion

Response

Exceptional

Superior

Acceptable

Unacceptable

Submitted on time*

(10 points)

Response is posted by

due date/time for each

question

(10 points)

Response is posted by

due date/time for each

question

(10 points)

Response is posted by

due date/time for each

question

(10 points)

Response is NOT

posted by the due date

and time for each

question

(0 points)

Length of Response

(10 points)

Response is 101–200

words.

(10 points)

Response is 51–100

words.

(5 points)

Response is a

minimum of 50 words.

(3 points)

Response is less than

50 words.

(0 points)

Incorporates Key

Concepts

(20 points)

Response is

substantive and

incorporatesN3352

key concepts and

principles.

(20 points)

Response briefly refers

to some N3352 key

concepts and

principles.

(15 points)

Response refers to

only one N3352 key

concept or principle.

(10 points)

Response refers to no

N3352 key concepts or

principles.

(0 points)

Includes Specific

Examples

(10 points)

Response includes

specific, personal, or

professional

examples

(10 points)

Response includes

specific, personal, or

professional

examples

(10 points)

Response includes a

general, personal, or

professional example

(7 points)

Response does not

include a personal or

professional

example

(0 points)

Replies to Peers Exceptional Superior Acceptable Unacceptable

Quantity of Replies

(10 points)

Substantive replies

are posted to 2 o r

more peer

comments

(10 points)

Replies are posted to 2

peer comments.

(8 points)

Replies are posted to 1

peer comment(s).

(5 points)

Reply is NOT posted to

a peer’s comments

(0 points)

Timely Posting of

Replies *

(10 points)

Reply is posted on

time

(10 points)

Reply is posted on

time

( 10 points)

Reply is posted on

time

( 10 points)

Reply is NOT posted

on time (0 points)

Length of Reply

(10 points)

Each reply is over 50

words.

(10 points)

Each reply is a

minimum of 50 words.

(7 points)

At least one reply is a

minimum of 50 words.

(5 points)

Replies are of

unacceptable

length.

(0 points)

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Relates to Content

( 20 points)

Each reply relates

substantively to the

peer’s comment and

incorporates N3352

key concepts and

principles.

( 20 points)

Each reply relates to

the peer’s comment

and refers briefly to

N3352 key concepts

and principles.

( 15 points)

Reply relates to the

peer’s comments.

( 10 points)

Replies do not relate to

the peer’s comments.

(0 points)