Norwegian health personnel’s contacts and referrals for children of ill parents: an exploratory cross-sectional multi-centre study
Abstract Background In 2010, changes were made to the Norwegian Health Personnel Act. This led to all health personnel being obliged to support the patients’ children and families. The aims of this study were to investigate whether health personnel contacted or referred the patients’ children to fam...
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| author | Kristin Stavnes Torleif Ruud Jūratė Šaltytė Benth Ketil Hanssen-Bauer Tytti Solantaus Marit Hilsen Bjørg Eva Skogøy Ellen Katrine Kallander Elin Kufås Bente M. Weimand |
| author_facet | Kristin Stavnes Torleif Ruud Jūratė Šaltytė Benth Ketil Hanssen-Bauer Tytti Solantaus Marit Hilsen Bjørg Eva Skogøy Ellen Katrine Kallander Elin Kufås Bente M. Weimand |
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| description | Abstract Background In 2010, changes were made to the Norwegian Health Personnel Act. This led to all health personnel being obliged to support the patients’ children and families. The aims of this study were to investigate whether health personnel contacted or referred the patients’ children to family/friends or public services. We also investigated if there were factors in the family or the services that increased or decreased the degree of contacts and referrals. In addition the patients were asked whether the law had been a help or even a burden. This study was part of a larger multi-site study of children of ill parents conducted in five health trusts in Norway. Method We used cross-sectional data from 518 patients and 278 health personnel. The informants completed a questionnaire addressing the law. Data were analyzed by factor analysis and logistic regression. Results The health personnel contacted/referred children to different services, but not to the degree desired by their parents. Only a few contacted family/friends, or the school and/or the public health nurse, those representing the helpers who live closest to the child, and thus well situated to participate in help and preventive efforts. The service most often referred to was the child welfare service. Conclusion The results indicate a change in contacts/referrals for children from their parents’ health personnel but also reveal remaining needs for support/help for these children. Health personnel should strive to write more referrals and take more contacts than the current study suggests, to secure adequate support for children of ill parents in Norway, as intended in The Health Personnel Act. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5fbe2ee721c24baab1ad8cfa82bbf4a82023-06-18T11:10:13ZengBMCBMC Health Services Research1472-69632023-06-0123111310.1186/s12913-023-09607-0Norwegian health personnel’s contacts and referrals for children of ill parents: an exploratory cross-sectional multi-centre studyKristin Stavnes0Torleif Ruud1Jūratė Šaltytė Benth2Ketil Hanssen-Bauer3Tytti Solantaus4Marit Hilsen5Bjørg Eva Skogøy6Ellen Katrine Kallander7Elin Kufås8Bente M. Weimand9The Regional Centre for Eating Disorders (RESSP), Nordland Hospital TrustDivision of Mental Health Services, Akershus University HospitalInstitute of Clinical Medicine, University of OsloDivision of Mental Health Services, Akershus University HospitalDepartment of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and WelfareRegional Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, RBUP Øst Og SørThe Regional Centre for Eating Disorders (RESSP), Nordland Hospital TrustDivision of Mental Health Services, Akershus University HospitalVestre Viken Hospital TrustDivision of Mental Health Services, Akershus University HospitalAbstract Background In 2010, changes were made to the Norwegian Health Personnel Act. This led to all health personnel being obliged to support the patients’ children and families. The aims of this study were to investigate whether health personnel contacted or referred the patients’ children to family/friends or public services. We also investigated if there were factors in the family or the services that increased or decreased the degree of contacts and referrals. In addition the patients were asked whether the law had been a help or even a burden. This study was part of a larger multi-site study of children of ill parents conducted in five health trusts in Norway. Method We used cross-sectional data from 518 patients and 278 health personnel. The informants completed a questionnaire addressing the law. Data were analyzed by factor analysis and logistic regression. Results The health personnel contacted/referred children to different services, but not to the degree desired by their parents. Only a few contacted family/friends, or the school and/or the public health nurse, those representing the helpers who live closest to the child, and thus well situated to participate in help and preventive efforts. The service most often referred to was the child welfare service. Conclusion The results indicate a change in contacts/referrals for children from their parents’ health personnel but also reveal remaining needs for support/help for these children. Health personnel should strive to write more referrals and take more contacts than the current study suggests, to secure adequate support for children of ill parents in Norway, as intended in The Health Personnel Act.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09607-0LegislationLawThe ActReferralsChildren of ill parentsParental illness |
| spellingShingle | Kristin Stavnes Torleif Ruud Jūratė Šaltytė Benth Ketil Hanssen-Bauer Tytti Solantaus Marit Hilsen Bjørg Eva Skogøy Ellen Katrine Kallander Elin Kufås Bente M. Weimand Norwegian health personnel’s contacts and referrals for children of ill parents: an exploratory cross-sectional multi-centre study BMC Health Services Research Legislation Law The Act Referrals Children of ill parents Parental illness |
| title | Norwegian health personnel’s contacts and referrals for children of ill parents: an exploratory cross-sectional multi-centre study |
| title_full | Norwegian health personnel’s contacts and referrals for children of ill parents: an exploratory cross-sectional multi-centre study |
| title_fullStr | Norwegian health personnel’s contacts and referrals for children of ill parents: an exploratory cross-sectional multi-centre study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Norwegian health personnel’s contacts and referrals for children of ill parents: an exploratory cross-sectional multi-centre study |
| title_short | Norwegian health personnel’s contacts and referrals for children of ill parents: an exploratory cross-sectional multi-centre study |
| title_sort | norwegian health personnel s contacts and referrals for children of ill parents an exploratory cross sectional multi centre study |
| topic | Legislation Law The Act Referrals Children of ill parents Parental illness |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09607-0 |
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