Table 3:
Directional influences of health promotion efforts within families
| Direction of influence | n a |
|---|---|
| Parent and child/adolescent | 169 |
| Parent > child | 115 |
| Parent > adolescent | 23 |
| Mother > child | 12 |
| Father > child | 6 |
| Parent <> child | 6 |
| Father > daughter | 2 |
| Child > parent | 1 |
| Father <> child | 1 |
| Mother > daughter | 1 |
| Parent <> adolescent | 1 |
| Mother <> adolescent | 1 |
| Family unit and individual | 57 |
| Family > child | 23 |
| Family > individual | 16 |
| Family > adolescent | 10 |
| Family > mother | 2 |
| Family > young adult | 1 |
| Family > elderly | 1 |
| Mother > family | 1 |
| Child > family | 1 |
| Adolescent > family | 1 |
| Family <> adolescent | 1 |
| Couples | 18 |
| Couples <> (including four studies on elderly couples) | 15 |
| Husband > wife | 2 |
| Wife > husband | 1 |
| Others | 3 |
| Sibling > sibling | 1 |
| Adult > elderly parent | 1 |
| Grandparent > grandchild | 1 |
‘>’ refers to the direction of influence and ‘<>’ refers to a reciprocal influence. Supplementary File 10 provides the list of citations for this table.
a n: counts of usage in studies.