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Public health nurses’ experiences working with children who are next of kin: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: There are a substantial number of children who are the next of kin of parents suffering from illness or substance abuse. These children can experience emotional and behavioral problems and may need support from professionals. In Norway, the specialist health service in hospitals is requi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9703408/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36443847 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08841-2 |
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author | Granrud, Marie Dahlen Sandsdalen, Tuva Anderzén-Carlsson, Agneta Steffenak, Anne Kjersti Myhrene |
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description | BACKGROUND: There are a substantial number of children who are the next of kin of parents suffering from illness or substance abuse. These children can experience emotional and behavioral problems and may need support from professionals. In Norway, the specialist health service in hospitals is required to have a designated practitioner in each department to ensure support for and follow up of children who are next of kin; however, this is not regulated by law in the health care in the municipalities. The aim of this study was to explore public health nurse’s experiences working with children who are next of kin. METHODS: Qualitative interviews were conducted with 10 public health nurses working in the child health clinic and the school health service in four municipalities. Data were analysed using content analysis. Reporting of this study is conducted in accordance to COREQ’s checklist. RESULTS: The analysis resulted in one main theme: ‘Lack of guidelines and routines among public health nurses working with children who are next of kin’. The main theme consisted of four categories: (1) identifying children who are next of kin are incidental; (2) public health nurses must be observant and willing to act; (3) communication is an important tool; and (4) follow up over time is not always provided. CONCLUSION: The public health nurses experienced uncertainty concerning how to identify and follow up children who are next of kin but were vigilant and willing to act in the children’s best interest. Doing so necessitated collaboration with other professionals. The need for guidelines around the role and responsibilities for the public health nurse were emphasized. The knowledge provided by the current study offers valuable insight into strengths and limitations in the support of children who are next of kin and can inform stakeholders in organizing sustainable support for this group. |
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spelling | pubmed-97034082022-11-28 Public health nurses’ experiences working with children who are next of kin: a qualitative study Granrud, Marie Dahlen Sandsdalen, Tuva Anderzén-Carlsson, Agneta Steffenak, Anne Kjersti Myhrene BMC Health Serv Res Research BACKGROUND: There are a substantial number of children who are the next of kin of parents suffering from illness or substance abuse. These children can experience emotional and behavioral problems and may need support from professionals. In Norway, the specialist health service in hospitals is required to have a designated practitioner in each department to ensure support for and follow up of children who are next of kin; however, this is not regulated by law in the health care in the municipalities. The aim of this study was to explore public health nurse’s experiences working with children who are next of kin. METHODS: Qualitative interviews were conducted with 10 public health nurses working in the child health clinic and the school health service in four municipalities. Data were analysed using content analysis. Reporting of this study is conducted in accordance to COREQ’s checklist. RESULTS: The analysis resulted in one main theme: ‘Lack of guidelines and routines among public health nurses working with children who are next of kin’. The main theme consisted of four categories: (1) identifying children who are next of kin are incidental; (2) public health nurses must be observant and willing to act; (3) communication is an important tool; and (4) follow up over time is not always provided. CONCLUSION: The public health nurses experienced uncertainty concerning how to identify and follow up children who are next of kin but were vigilant and willing to act in the children’s best interest. Doing so necessitated collaboration with other professionals. The need for guidelines around the role and responsibilities for the public health nurse were emphasized. The knowledge provided by the current study offers valuable insight into strengths and limitations in the support of children who are next of kin and can inform stakeholders in organizing sustainable support for this group. BioMed Central 2022-11-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9703408/ /pubmed/36443847 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08841-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Granrud, Marie Dahlen Sandsdalen, Tuva Anderzén-Carlsson, Agneta Steffenak, Anne Kjersti Myhrene Public health nurses’ experiences working with children who are next of kin: a qualitative study |
title | Public health nurses’ experiences working with children who are next of kin: a qualitative study |
title_full | Public health nurses’ experiences working with children who are next of kin: a qualitative study |
title_fullStr | Public health nurses’ experiences working with children who are next of kin: a qualitative study |
title_full_unstemmed | Public health nurses’ experiences working with children who are next of kin: a qualitative study |
title_short | Public health nurses’ experiences working with children who are next of kin: a qualitative study |
title_sort | public health nurses’ experiences working with children who are next of kin: a qualitative study |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9703408/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36443847 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08841-2 |
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