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Common sense dictates that the family command a central and continuing role in the shaping and modifying of many health-related attitudes, behaviors, and habits of individuals. The empirical evidence supports this contention. When cardiovascular health related factors are examined in a family context, a number of associations have been noted: blood pressure levels (Biron, Mongeau, and Bertrand, 1975), obesity (Garn, Cole, and Barley, 1976), eating habits and food preferences (Byran and Lowenberg, 1958), exercise (Perrier, 1979), smoking (Surgeon General, 1979), blood cholesterol levels (Garrison et al., 1979), use of alcohol (Tennant and Detels, 1976), and aspects of “coronary prone” behavior (Butensky et al., 1976). Recently, familial correlations of cardiovascular health knowledge and attitudes have also been documented (Flora et al., 1983). These findings suggest that a family-oriented approach should be considered as an important part of current community health education trials aimed to reduce cardiovascular risk (Fortmann et al., 1981; McAlister et al., 1982). Intervening with family units and capitalizing on family support systems may increase the likelihood of continued habit change (Brownell, Heckerman, and Westlake, 1978; Caplan et al., 1976; Duetscher, Epstein, and Kjelsberg, 1966; Hertzler, and Vaughan, 1979; Pratt, 1976).
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Nader, P.R., Baranowski, T. (1985). A Family-Based Approach to Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Education. In: Kaplan, R.M., Criqui, M.H. (eds) Behavioral Epidemiology and Disease Prevention. NATO ASI Series, vol 84. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7929-4_17
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