‘Everything that's said comes from me’: New fathers' experiences of individual conversations with the child health nurse
Abstract Aim Swedish Child Health Services provide regular health surveillance of children 0–5 years and support to parents, with the aim to contribute to equitable child healthcare and to promote physical, emotional, and social health for children. Individual conversations with the child health nur...
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| author | Pamela Massoudi Amanda Wikerstål Viktor Carlsson A. Birgitta Gunnarsson |
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| description | Abstract Aim Swedish Child Health Services provide regular health surveillance of children 0–5 years and support to parents, with the aim to contribute to equitable child healthcare and to promote physical, emotional, and social health for children. Individual conversations with the child health nurse, including screening for postnatal depression, have been recommended and well implemented for mothers, whereas routines for a visit specifically for the nonbirthing parent vary and are not well studied. The aim of this study was therefore to explore how nonbirthing parents experienced individual conversations with their child health nurse, held 3 months after the birth of their child. Design Qualitative interview study. Methods Semistructured interviews were conducted with 16 fathers who had participated in individual conversations with a nurse at their child health centre, 3 months post‐partum. Data were analysed with qualitative content analysis. The study adhered to the COREQ checklist for qualitative studies. Results The findings are presented in three categories: ‘Being invited into a supportive context’, ‘Talking about what was important’ and ‘Taking it home’, each of them including three subcategories. The individual conversations, without the mother present, made the fathers feel important and allowed for a different type of content, tailored to their own needs. The conversations were validating and led to changes in daily routines with their child for some fathers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3101416c8e054e21a909f6230a5418972023-08-31T11:40:43ZengWileyNursing Open2054-10582023-09-011096175618510.1002/nop2.1851‘Everything that's said comes from me’: New fathers' experiences of individual conversations with the child health nursePamela Massoudi0Amanda Wikerstål1Viktor Carlsson2A. Birgitta Gunnarsson3Department of Research and Development Region Kronoberg Växjö SwedenMaternal and Child Healthcare Psychologists' Unit Region Kronoberg Växjö SwedenRegional Department of Competence in Family Medicine and Primary Health Care Region Kronoberg Växjö SwedenDepartment of Research and Development Region Kronoberg Växjö SwedenAbstract Aim Swedish Child Health Services provide regular health surveillance of children 0–5 years and support to parents, with the aim to contribute to equitable child healthcare and to promote physical, emotional, and social health for children. Individual conversations with the child health nurse, including screening for postnatal depression, have been recommended and well implemented for mothers, whereas routines for a visit specifically for the nonbirthing parent vary and are not well studied. The aim of this study was therefore to explore how nonbirthing parents experienced individual conversations with their child health nurse, held 3 months after the birth of their child. Design Qualitative interview study. Methods Semistructured interviews were conducted with 16 fathers who had participated in individual conversations with a nurse at their child health centre, 3 months post‐partum. Data were analysed with qualitative content analysis. The study adhered to the COREQ checklist for qualitative studies. Results The findings are presented in three categories: ‘Being invited into a supportive context’, ‘Talking about what was important’ and ‘Taking it home’, each of them including three subcategories. The individual conversations, without the mother present, made the fathers feel important and allowed for a different type of content, tailored to their own needs. The conversations were validating and led to changes in daily routines with their child for some fathers.https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1851child healthcareexperiencesfathersinfantsinterviewsnon‐birthing parent |
| spellingShingle | Pamela Massoudi Amanda Wikerstål Viktor Carlsson A. Birgitta Gunnarsson ‘Everything that's said comes from me’: New fathers' experiences of individual conversations with the child health nurse Nursing Open child healthcare experiences fathers infants interviews non‐birthing parent |
| title | ‘Everything that's said comes from me’: New fathers' experiences of individual conversations with the child health nurse |
| title_full | ‘Everything that's said comes from me’: New fathers' experiences of individual conversations with the child health nurse |
| title_fullStr | ‘Everything that's said comes from me’: New fathers' experiences of individual conversations with the child health nurse |
| title_full_unstemmed | ‘Everything that's said comes from me’: New fathers' experiences of individual conversations with the child health nurse |
| title_short | ‘Everything that's said comes from me’: New fathers' experiences of individual conversations with the child health nurse |
| title_sort | everything that s said comes from me new fathers experiences of individual conversations with the child health nurse |
| topic | child healthcare experiences fathers infants interviews non‐birthing parent |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1851 |
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