...Question: The Relationship of Family Functionality and the Academic Performance of Students at the De La Salle Health Sciences Institute, College of Medicine in the First Semester of the School Year 2012-2013 General Objectives: To determine the effect of Family Functionality in the Academic Performance of Students at the De La Salle Health Sciences Institute, College of Medicine in the First Semester of the School Year 2012-2013 Specific Objectives: 1. To determine the proportion of students who has a Functional family and students with a Dysfunctional family based on the Family APGAR scale. 2. To determine the proportion of students with High and Low Academic Performance for the First Semester of the School Year 2012-2013. 3. To compare the proportion of students with a Functional Family APGAR score to High and Low Academic Performance. 4. To compare the proportion of students with Dysfunctional Family APGAR score to High and Low Academic Performance. Research Hypothesis: There is a relationship between family functionality and the academic performance of students of the De La Salle Health Sciences Institute, College of Medicine for the First Semester of the School Year 2012-2013. Conceptual Framework: Dependent Variable Academic Performance Independent Variable Family Functionality Confounders Age Gender Family Income Operational Definition of Variables: a) Family Functionality - it refers to the level of family relationship as perceived...
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...Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) implemented by the DSWD using the Proxy Means Test. This test determines the socio-economic category of the families by looking at certain proxy variables such as ownership of assets, type of housing, education of the household head, livelihood of the family and access to water sanitation facilities. Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program Management System is a system that provides an all-in-one management of the said program. Although the said program has existing systems that they are using, this system will provide more enhanced and powerful functionality for the user. 1.1.2 Objectives The said proposed system has the following objectives: * It aims to provide organized data to the user. * It aims also to lessen human error when it comes to inputting of data. * It aims also to provide more accurate and updated data than the current system. * It aims to have an easier access of data. 1.1.3 Scope and Limitations The said proposed system has the following scopes and limitations: * This system will focus on Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. * This system will cater NCR region only. * The study will focus on the records of the qualified families. * The proposed system will focus on the registration of the qualified families, the profile of requirements and the dissemination of money. 1.1.4 Who commissioned it and who did it? Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program will...
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...When families are portrayed in a novel, it is normally for the purpose of getting to know the main character more and how their personality reflects their family. This can be said for siblings as well, because the differences that are made apparent by the characters can put their true selves out into the foreground. In Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use”, there are two sisters who were raised in the same setting, but are vastly different from each other. The two girls have different beliefs and ideology ranging from the practical application of items, heritage, and even the way they present themselves. No two people are alike and even in the presence of siblings, they can total opposites. The main difference between Maggie and Dee is also the central...
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...Analysis of Joe Joe is a short story written by Peter Carey in 1994. During the story the author brings the family circumstances and their mutual relations into focus. The action is seen from a member of the family’s point of view, which portrays the family values and family relations from an inner perspective. The following will be a characterization of the main character and his relationship to his family. The main character is a sixteen-year-old boy named Joe. Joe is the youngest child in the family of six and he still seems childish. “He’s still at that stage, where he has scabs on his knees from falling over all the time” (133 l.40). Joe’s character and his emotions are delineated indirectly by how he acts and speaks seen from his brother’s point of view, who is the first person narrator of the short story. The narrator portrays Joe as being dissimilar from the rest of the family. “I would be forced to admit that he does not look too much like us”(133 l. 29). The family often emphasizes that Joe is different, by telling him that, he does not have the long nose which all members in the family have. The family has the impression of that, Joe does not seem to have any characteristics and the narrator mentions, that there are no little stories concerning him. In the short story it appears like, that Joe only devotes his time on reading and picking his scabs. “Joe is sitting on the floor with his back against the wall. It is where he usually sits. You can see the mark...
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...The other members of the family have not participated in any interventions or counseling and appear to use avoidance and indifference as coping mechanisms for family dysfunction. Both Tom and Savannah have found some comfort in writing about their past. In addition, Savannah is experiencing repressed memories of childhood traumas. The parents engaged in abusive behaviors towards Savannah and Tom, but Luke positioned himself as protector of his siblings and often took the brunt of the abuse. Luke also suffered depressive and delusional behaviors following his military service. He was killed by government agents while attempting a violent engagement with agency...
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...Families as Negotiators Tamiko Dawkins USC Human Behavior and Development SOWK 503 Sherry Blair February 6, 2014 Families as Negotiators As I read this article the main points the author were trying to make were psychological resilience on both the individual and family level. As a little girl growing up being raised by my grandmother who was a widow with seven children of her own, I can definitely see how my personality was affected by my environment. Resilience is defined as the ability to become strong, healthy, or successful again after something bad happens or the ability of something to return to its original shape after it has been pulled, stretched, pressed, bent, etc. (Merriam-Webster, 2013). I can remember difficult times in my life where my reputation was on the line because of things I had done or poor choices I made, however because of how I was raised I was able to overcome. As a little girl I found myself in many distressed situations because of family dynamics and because of all that I am the woman I am today. Psychological resilience on the individual level relates to an individual’s tendency to cope with stress and adversity. Resilience is most commonly understood as a process, and not a trait of an individual. Most research now shows that resilience is the result of individuals being able to interact with their environments and the processes that either promote well-being or protect them against the overwhelming influences or risk factors (Zautra...
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...The Great Santini Essay Each and every family displays a unique dynamic and a diverse range of relationships in terms of a broad context, as well as within the family. Families work as a system, and deviations or changes in the behavior of one member of the family can transform the functioning of the family as a unit, as well as affect individual members of the family. The family structure is influential in the functionality of the unit, with the most influence stemming from the parents, as parents impact their children’s lives both directly and indirectly. These parent-child interactions have enormous impact on the upbringing and development of children. These interactions can be affected by various components within the family, such as the marital relationship, and in turn the parent-child relationship can impact sibling relationships. The movie, “The Great Santini,” follows the complex family dynamics of the Meechum family. Lt. Col. "Bull" Meechum, a pilot, who is also known as "The Great Santini" to his fellow Marines is the patriarch of the family of six. During peacetime, the military minded father moves his family to the military-base town of Beaufort, South Carolina. The complex family is comprised of Bull’s wife Lillian and their kids, Ben and Mary Anne. Lillian becomes tolerant of Bull’s aggressive behavior, hot temper, and excessive drinking. Ben and Mary Anne have become accustomed to Bull’s harsh discipline, therefore in addition to adjusting to a new town and...
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...Sharon’s family doctor, Dr. Ashy, who her parents have visiting more frequently over the past few months, has been taking to account changes in Sharon’s body and other problems she’s suffering from. She has gotten calluses and sores throughout her hands, brittle nails, dry skin, fine hair, and her voice is unusually raspy during some visits. When Sharon brought up pain in her throat, Dr. Ashy examined it and noticed that Sharon’s esophagus was inflamed. The more drastic changes occurred a few months after and slowly worsened. Her soccer cuts take longer to heal, her immune system became poor in functionality, and her menstrual cycle is no longer consistent. Sharon’s dentist also took note of changes in her oral health that began 4 months ago. Her enamel has almost completely eroded, and two of Sharon’s molars are in a state of severe tooth decay, while a few other teeth are in moderate...
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...makes his way down an alley to his best friend’s house. Along the way his hands encounter a multitude of things from bugs to a frog and an old toy he found in the trash while walking down the alley. While at his friend’s house his mother calls him home for supper and his hands make contact with even more questionable substance! Upon entering his house his mother tells him to wash his hands so hastily he washes his hand and hurries to the table. He jumps up on his chair and reaches for a drum stich as hastily as he washed his hands. Just before his hand reaches the drum stick the camera freezes. The camera then pans in on his hand to a microscopic level revealing no germs before panning back out and sending everything back into motion as the family scurries to the dining room table to eat. The commercial ends as the camera pans in on the bottle of Lifebuoy soap on the bathroom sink. 2. Lifebuoy’s first attempt to market this new hand soap was based on its lab proven ability to kill more germs than the leading competitor. Consumers where so convinced their brand was better they did not believe Lifebuoy’s claims. Lifebuoy was determined not to make the same mistake twice and thus searched for another angle. While observing children an associate had an idea; tie the faster acting more effective soap to the hasty behavior of children and appeal to the parent’s natural sense of caring for their children. 3. Quantitative research was first used, as the lab had discovered through quantitative...
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...Dysfunctional Families: The Expectations and Realities Many readers of Cinderella and Snow White have never realized how dysfunctional the families are in these childhood fairytales. Over the years many of these stories have been revised and retold to children. Although these versions are more children appropriate, the originals contain cases of extreme dysfunctional families. Fairytales such as Cinderella and Snow White are prime examples of such. In the original Grimm’s versions of these two tales, one would definitely agree that they contain more gore and violence than the Walt Disney spin offs of the stories. Spin offs such as Ella Enchanted and the three A Cinderella Stories are more common in today’s society. But what most people don’t realize as they read these stories is that they are promoting the idea that all step mothers are evil and will make their step children the slave or maid of the house. These stories are extremely influential to children of young ages and tell children that dysfunctional families are okay in this society. In the Grimm’s tale of Cinderella, her stepmother is extremely verbally abusive towards her. When the stepmother and her two daughters move into Cinderella and her father’s home, she questions him as to why that useless creature (referring to his daughter, Cinderella) has the best room in the house, sends her to the kitchen, and claims her as the maid of the house. (Grimm 1) the stepmother in this story is one of the most common that young...
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...The Guardian Family fortunes The conventional nuclear family is already a thing of the past: the challenge for 2020 is dealing with the results of its disappearance. By Madeleine Bunting Saturday 25 September 2004 * * The past 30 years has been a generation of dramatic change in the shape of family life. That pace will not be continued in the next 20. The next two decades will be a period in which already well-established trends are consolidated. That is the consensus among researchers. And all are agreed that by 2020 it will be very hard to talk of a "typical family", such will be the variety of shapes and types of families. The most marked characteristic of families since the 1960s has been that the traditional conception of the British family has disintegrated. The married couple with 2.4 children is disappearing. The sequence of life events - marriage, sex and children - has been radically reordered. Marriage rarely comes first and increasingly does not happen at all. Over the past 30 years, levels of cohabitation have trebled, the number of babies born outside marriage has quintupled, and the number of single-parent families has trebled. The most dramatic change, however, has been to the "happy ever after" bit in the picture of family life. In the past 30 years, the rate of divorce has doubled; and half of all children now experience their parents' divorce before they are 16. All four trends - cohabitation, divorce, births outside marriage and...
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...All of this was consistent with his medication usage, and there does not appear to be any evidence of aberrant behavior. The patient reported is functional improvement score today at 75%, and his reduction in pain score at 70%. His mood is significantly improved. He reports that he was previously very depressed and his outlook was very bleak in the past because he was very isolated and confined to bed most of the time. At this point, he has a very positive outlook about his future, and he has been more active socially with family and friends. At this point, he has become more self-sufficient, and after the facet joint injections, he was able to rotate the head enough where he is able to turn his head and be able to drive on his own. Overall, he has had significant functional improvement with a combination of the injection, therapies, and medications that have helped him manage his chronic pain after the injury that he suffered. On examination, range of motion remains good in the neck with rotation to 60 degrees on the left and 30 degrees on the right. Extension of the neck is good at 60 degrees and flexion to one fingerbreadth of the...
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...state penitentiary, and was released in 2008. Extensive third-degree burns scorched Jacqui’s eyes and left her blind; melted off her hair; took her ears, lips, nose, and eyelids; and robbed her of the use of her hands. Doctors did not expect her to survive but she did. Jacqui has had well over 100 operations since the crash. But the carefree, fun-filled life Jacqui once knew as a teenager in Caracas is gone forever. Her appearance and her ability to live independently went up in flames over a decade ago, along with her plans for a career and a family. She continues to be unsure of what her future holds. Jacqueline Saburido had come to the United States to learn english and was in Texas for less than a month when the crash occurred that changed her life completely. The drunk driver who hit her got seven years. She got life. (Texas Department of Transporation, 2015) Stories such as the one mentioned above are ones that so many families have to deal with for the rest of their lives. So it is no surprise that drunk driving has become a huge problem within our Society. Every day within the United States mortality rates rise due to driving while intoxicated (DWI) or driving under influence (DUI) related accidents. It also comes to no surprise that due to the increasing mortality rates the U.S. has of DUI related deaths society as taken a step in preventing this occurences from repeating by reaching out to the public in various ways like, MADD organizations (Mothers Aganist Drunk...
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...relation to the family unit, and the implications of the policies for health and social care practitioners. The assignment will attempt to discuss relevant biopsychosocial theories which when impacted on the family, influence health status outcomes, including resilience factors. It will also highlight and focus on attributes of vulnerability within the family setting, using specialist assessments skills. The family which the author will be discussing in this assignment (Appendix 1) is considered to be a vulnerable family, the family member which will be the main focus is the 14 year old teenage mother with a ten week old baby. For the purpose of this essay pseudonyms will be used, they will be called Jade and Billy, to protect the client's identity and for confidentiality purposes, this is in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct guidelines (Nursing and Midwifery Council 2008). Every child and young person needs to be protected, feel secure and sheltered from abuse and harm in an environment which is safe and where their needs are met (Oliver and Pitt 2011). How children make sense of the world around them is formed by their early experiences as children, teenagers and our family life. Families nurture and build resilience and moral codes for children, this supports them in leading successful and fulfilling lives (Cabinet Office 2008). The family can be summarised as an institution which is exclusive for a vast range of functionality which it offers...
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...CULTURAL EFFECTS ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOR Andrew J. Marsiglia, PhD, CCP Cultural value systems have a direct effect on consumer behavior and vary by the major cultural dimensions between countries but become increasingly complex when people immigrate to foreign countries that have different cultural dimensions. In these situations, people are subjected to a wide variety of cultural reference groups that ultimately affect their consumer behavior. Consequently, marketers must develop marketing communication that addresses cultural and reference group factors from both a domestic and global perspective; that means marketers must adhere to the Levi-Strauss maxim to think globally but act locally. To this end, marketers use market segmentation and micromarketing to develop customer-centric marketing messages with the goal of providing precisely defined marketing messages that satisfy consumer’s need for personal information regarding products and services so that consumers should be adequately stimulated to purchase the product or service being advertised. www.lead-inspire.com December 26, 2010 Table of Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 3 Effects of Cultural Values on Consumer Behavior......................................................................... 3 Characteristics of Cultural Values .................................................................
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