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Social support and shared family health behaviors can help nurses identify opportunities to encourage positive behaviors and decrease cardiovascular disease risk for the entire family.
Social support within families can be leveraged by nurses to promote positive health behaviors and reduce cardiovascular disease risk.
Supports integrating family dynamics into CVD prevention counseling; leaves open efficacy of targeted interventions in prospective trials.
This article looks in depth at the concept of social support and the potential it has to influence cardiovascular health promotion in families. The health behaviors that families share influence the health of family members. Exploring these health behaviors can help nurses identify opportunities that can assist families to encourage positive health behaviors and change negative behaviors that may decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease for the entire family.
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Linda Heitman (2004) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease risk. Social support and family health behaviors was evaluated. Social support and shared family health behaviors can help nurses identify opportunities to encourage positive behaviors and decrease cardiovascular disease risk for the entire family.
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