Table 1: Arguments to develop a family oriented preventive care
| 1 | Better health outcomes among people with family protective factors |
| 2 | Clustering diseases and health behaviors in families |
| 3 | Pleiotropic effect of family interventions: |
| a. Effects on multiple members at the same time | |
| b. Effects on multiple disorders | |
| c. Effects in different stages of disease | |
| 4 | Family interventions appear more effective than usual care |
| 5 | Low secondary effects |
| 6 | Benefits on the short-, medium-, and long- term |
| 7 | Does not require advanced technology |
| 8 | Cultural appropriateness |