A qualitative study of public health nurses' experiences detecting and preventing child maltreatment in primary care settings.

Autor: Midtsund AD; Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.; Oslo Municipality, Grünerløkka Child and Family Health Center, Oslo, Norway., Garnweidner-Holme L; Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway., Valla L; Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.; Regional Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway (RBUP), Oslo, Norway., Lukasse M; Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.; Department of Nursing and Social Sciences, Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway, Kongsberg, Norway., Henriksen L; Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.; Division of General Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Oslo University Hospital, Nydalen, Norway.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of advanced nursing [J Adv Nurs] 2023 Dec; Vol. 79 (12), pp. 4660-4671. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 26.
DOI: 10.1111/jan.15761
Abstrakt: Aim: To explore how public health nurses in child and family health centres experience detecting and preventing child maltreatment.
Design: Qualitative study.
Methods: Fourteen semi-structured individual interviews with public health nurses who worked in 11 different child and family health centres were conducted. The interviews were analysed using thematic analysis.
Results: Three themes were identified: (i) integrating knowledge to prevent child maltreatment as part of their everyday job, (ii) striving hard to detect child maltreatment and (iii) experiencing the assignment to be complex and demanding.
Conclusion: Despite extensive experience, knowledge and following the guidelines, public health nurses in this study had difficulties finding children exposed to child maltreatment in child and family health centres. Public health nurses called for mutual multidisciplinary cooperation with other services and organizational facilitation, such as enough time and clear guidelines to effectively address this issue.
Implications for Practice: This study provides knowledge about how public health nurses work with child maltreatment at the Child and Family Health Center, which can serve as valuable foundation for further research as well for collaborating services.
Reporting Method: EQUATOR guidelines were followed, using the COREQ checklist.
Patient or Public Contribution: No patient or public contribution.
(© 2023 The Authors. Journal of Advanced Nursing published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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