Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học đề tài : Family structure and health, how companionship acts as a buffer against ill health | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Research Family structure and health how companionship acts as a buffer against ill health Amelia RTuragabeci1 Keiko Nakamura 1 Masashi Kizuki2 and Takehito Takano2 Address 1International Health Section Division of Public Health Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tokyo 113-8519 Japan and 2Health Promotion Section Division of Public Health Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tokyo 113-8519 Japan Email Amelia RTuragabeci - Keiko Nakamura - Masashi Kizuki - Takehito Takano - Corresponding author Open Access Published 23 November 2007 Received 6 September 2007 IJ Z- z. r r r J. 1 I mz ir z I Accepted 23 November 2007 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2007 5 61 doi 1477-7525-5-61 This article is available from http content 5 1 61 2007 Turagabeci et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Health and well-being are the result of synergistic interactions among a variety of determinants. Family structure and composition are social determinants that may also affect health behaviours and outcomes. This study was performed to examine the associations between family structure and health and to determine the protective effects of support mechanisms to improve quality of health outcome. Methods Six hundred people selected by multistage sampling to obtain a representative population of men and women aged 20-60 living in communities in Japan were included in this study. Data regarding subjective views of one s own health family .
