Family Health Scale
Developed to measure holistic concept of health for family unit, for use at population level and in clinical settings. Clinical cut-offs for poor, moderate, and excellent “family health”, validated against individual risk of moderate or severe clinical depression. Long and short versions–long has 4 subscales, 32 items: family social and emotional health processes (connection, communication, etc. within family context), family healthy lifestyle (healthy behaviors, choices), family health resources (internal and external health resources), family external social supports (social capital, etc.). Short form is one score, 10 items. Psychometrically tested.
Crandall, A., Weiss-Laxer, N.S., Broadbent, E., Holmes, E., Magnusson, B.M., Okano, L., Berge, J., Barnes, M.D., Hanson, C.L., Jones, B., & Novilla, L.B. (2020). The Family health scale: reliability and validity of a short- and long-form. Frontiers in Public Health. 8.
Additional information
| Construct | Family health |
|---|---|
| Condition | No specific condition |
| Age | Any |
| Country Where Developed | United States |
| Number of Items | 32 |
| Subscales | Family external social supports, Family health resources, Family healthy lifestyle, Family social and emotional health processes |
| Short Form? | Yes |
| Short Form Items | 10 |
| Respondent | Adult family member |
| Language(s) | English |
| Cost/Fee | No cost |
| How to Access | Available in Table 2 of supplementary information in (Crandall, et al., 2020) |