Families that tend toward moderation in family health routines are healthier than families who are highly ritualized and those who lack rituals.
■ Families with clearer ideas about their goals are more likely to accommodate health needs effectively through their family routines than families who are less certain about their goals.
■ Families and individuals are more likely to ac- commodate changes related to health concerns when family routines are supported over time by embedded contextual systems than families who are not supported.
■ Family routines that support individual health care needs are more likely to achieve positive care outcomes in the individual with the health concern than families who do not have rou- tines that support the needs of family members with health concerns.
■ Children who are taught routines in the home and are supported by the embedded context are more likely to practice health routines in the home than those not supported by the embedded context.