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Managing parental groups during early childhood: New challenges faced by Swedish child health-care nurses.

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Summary, in English

The purpose of this study was to describe child health centre (CHC) nurses' views of managing parental groups during early childhood. All 311 CHC nurses working within the Swedish CHC system in one county were asked to complete a web-based questionnaire. Findings showed that although the CHC nurses were experienced, several found group leadership challenging and difficult. The need for specialized groups for young parents, single parents and parents whose first language was not Swedish was identified by 57% of the nurses. The CHC nurses found the participation of fathers in their parental groups to be low (an estimate of 10-20%), and 30% of the nurses made special efforts to make the fathers participate. Education in group dynamics and group leadership can strengthen CHC nurses in managing parental groups. It is recommended that specialized parental groups are organized by a few family centres so CHC nurses can develop their skill in managing such groups.

Department/s

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

381-391

Publication/Series

Journal of Child Health Care

Volume

19

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • Pediatrics

Status

Published

Project

  • Promoting early childhood health; supporting parents, vulnerable children and challenged families
  • LUC3 - Lund University Child Centered Care

Research group

  • Child and Family Health
  • Health promotion in nursing care

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1741-2889