Globally, families are basic social unit.

The meaning of family among the Hmong of Nirthern Laos

may include hundreds of people who make up a clan. In Mexico, families remain close, are large,
and extend into multiple generations. In Germany and Japan, families are small and tend to the
needs of their elders at home. In united states, where families come from many cultural groups,
many variatons coexist within communities.

(Secara global, keluarga adalah unit sosial dasar. Makna keluarga di antara Hmong dari Nirthern
Laos dapat mencakup ratusan orang yang membentuk suku/komunitas. Di Meksiko, keluarga tetap
dekat, besar, dan meluas ke beberapa generasi. Di Jerman dan Jepang, keluarga kecil dan
cenderung untuk kebutuhan orang tua mereka di rumah. Di negara-negara bersatu, di mana
keluarga berasal dari banyak kelompok budaya, banyak variasi hidup berdampingan dalam
komunitas.)

For many people in the USA, the term family used to evoke a picture of a husband, wife and
children living under one roof, with the man as breadwinner and the woman as homemaker. In the
past, this nuclear family was often seen as the norm for everyone. Changes in social values and
cultural lifestyles (ex. Women working outside the home) combined with acceptance of alternative
lifestyles have changed the definition of family. Today, definitions of a family include unmarried
adults living together with or without children, single-parent households, divorced couples
combining households with children from previous marriages (the blended family), and gay
couples with or without children.

(Bagi banyak orang di AS, istilah keluarga digunakan untuk membangkitkan gambar suami, istri
dan anak-anak yang hidup di bawah satu atap, dengan lelaki sebagai pencari nafkah dan perempuan
sebagai ibu rumah tangga. Di masa lalu, keluarga inti ini sering dipandang sebagai norma bagi
semua orang. Perubahan nilai-nilai sosial dan gaya hidup budaya (mis. Wanita yang bekerja di luar
rumah) dikombinasikan dengan penerimaan gaya hidup alternatif telah mengubah definisi
keluarga. Saat ini, definisi keluarga termasuk orang dewasa yang belum menikah yang hidup
bersama dengan atau tanpa anak, rumah tangga orang tua tunggal, pasangan yang bercerai yang
menggabungkan rumah tangga dengan anak-anak dari pernikahan sebelumnya (keluarga
campuran), dan pasangan gay dengan atau tanpa anak.)

It is a privilege to gain entry into a family’s home. This is uniquely private space belonging to the
family. The people who are members of this household interact, care for one another, and bond in
ways that may never be fully understood by anyone outside the family. Therefore, being granted
entrance into this system gives the community health nurse an opportunity to work with he family
that few other proffesionals experience. Each type of household requires recognition and
acceptance by community health nurses, who must help families achieve optimal health.

(Merupakan hak istimewa untuk masuk ke rumah keluarga. Ini adalah ruang pribadi yang unik
milik keluarga. Orang-orang yang menjadi anggota rumah tangga ini berinteraksi, saling
memperhatikan, dan terikat dengan cara-cara yang mungkin tidak pernah sepenuhnya dipahami
oleh siapa pun di luar keluarga. Oleh karena itu, diberikan masuk ke sistem ini memberikan
perawat kesehatan masyarakat kesempatan untuk bekerja dengan keluarganya yang beberapa
pengalaman profesional lainnya. Setiap jenis rumah tangga membutuhkan pengakuan dan
penerimaan oleh perawat kesehatan masyarakat, yang harus membantu keluarga mencapai
kesehatan optimal.)

Families come in many shapes and sizes. The varying family structure or compositions comprise
the collective characteristics of individuals who make up a family unit (age, gender, and number).
McGoldrick (2011) find changes in family structure related societal changes such as increased
divorce rates, rise in single parent families, high rates of unwed childbearing, two-income
houldholds, and an increase in work timw, especially for women. Family structure fall into two
general categories: traditional and contemporary and blabla.

(Keluarga datang dalam berbagai bentuk dan ukuran. Struktur atau komposisi keluarga yang
bervariasi terdiri dari karakteristik kolektif individu yang membentuk unit keluarga (usia, jenis
kelamin, dan jumlah). McGoldrick (2011) menemukan perubahan dalam struktur keluarga terkait
perubahan sosial seperti peningkatan tingkat perceraian, kenaikan dalam keluarga orang tua
tunggal, tingginya angka melahirkan anak yang tidak menikah, rumah tangga berpenghasilan dua,
dan peningkatan waktu kerja, terutama untuk wanita. Struktur keluarga terbagi dalam dua kategori
umum: tradisional dan kontemporer dan blabla.)

In nuclear family, the workload distribution between the two adults can vary. Both adults may
work outside the home, one adult

Raise the children from each of the previous relationship together.

They may be custodial parents who have the children except during planned visits with the
noncustodial parent, or they may share custody, so that the children live in the blended arrangement
only part time or possibly live in two separate blended homes. The family may include children
from the couple, in addition to the children brought in to the relationship

Kin-network, in which several nuclear families live in the same household on near one another
and share goods or services.

The traditional nuclear family has been a fundamental part of our cultural heritage shared by many
Americans, and reinforced by religion, education, and other influential social institutions.
Variations from this pattern often were treated as deviant and abnormal. Walsh (2012) describes
the continued diversity in types of families and foresees the possibilities of normality and healthy
functioning in each of these diverse family types. Mcgoldrick (2011) fosters the importance of
putting a positive spin on the families that make up oue world. The nurse is in a unique position to
assess families in a strength-based model rather than viewing certain families as deviant. Society
has begun to accept contemporary definitions of family.