Families, Systems, & Health® is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal publishing original research, review and conceptual papers, book and media reviews, and humanities contributions in the areas of health, systems, and families science, with a particular focus on integrated care. We welcome studies sampling diverse populations, particularly historically excluded or minoritized populations, and/or using participant-engaged research methods.
The journal's scope includes the following three domains:
- Family Functioning: emphasizes understanding health, illness, and treatment from birth to death within the family context rather than focusing on individuals in isolation. The term "family" is used broadly to include but not be limited to the legal, biological, or psychological family, household members unrelated by blood or marriage, and intimates who have a relationship over time.
- Systems Thinking: an overarching concept that recognizes the interrelatedness of all human systems (e.g., biological, psychological, interpersonal, familial, societal, political, economic, cultural, spiritual). This perspective is useful in examining dynamics within a profession or among clinical staff, relationships among patients, families, communities, and clinical staff, and the coordination of care across levels of the health system.
- Health: refers to the optimal state of the body, mind, and spirit of |