Open AccessHow to do (or not to do) ... The Genogram: A New Research Tool to Document Patterns of Decision-Making, Conflict and Vulnerability within Households
Author(s) -
Charlotte Watts,
Elizabeth Shrader
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
health policy and planning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.608
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1460-2237
pISSN - 0268-1080
DOI - 10.1093/heapol/13.4.459
Subject(s) - grandparent , genogram , vulnerability (computing) , unit (ring theory) , economic growth , public health , sociology , psychology , social psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , nursing , economics , computer security , computer science , mathematics education
The household is an important unit of analysis in health economics and public health research. In developing countries in particular, household composition may be varied and complex ^ possibly incorporating a range of close family members (including multiple partners and children from different partnerships), extended family members (including uncles, aunts, grandparents and grandchildren), and non-kin individuals (such as lodgers and servants).
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