‘So, the circle has grown’ – Child Health Services nurses’ experiences of giving parental interviews with nonbirthing parents
| Autor: | Andreas Vilhelmsson, Inger Hallström, Malin Skoog, Malin Ståhl |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Parents Semi-structured interview Postpartum depression media_common.quotation_subject Child Health Services Mothers Interviews as Topic 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing medicine Humans Conversation 030212 general & internal medicine Child media_common Service (business) 030504 nursing Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Mental health Focus group Feeling Content analysis Female Nursing Staff 0305 other medical science Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 34:139-147 |
| ISSN: | 1471-6712 0283-9318 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/scs.12715 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND Lately, greater focus has been given to the mental health of nonbirthing parents postpartum. However, mothers, but not nonbirthing parents, are routinely screened for postpartum depression, and until recently, nonbirthing parents have not been given the same opportunity as mothers to discuss their parental role without the other parent present. To strengthen the parental role, a separate parental interview with the nonbirthing parent began to be offered as part of the Swedish Child Health Service's (CHS) general programme. AIM This study aimed to explore CHS nurses' experiences of performing parental interviews with nonbirthing parents. METHODS Content analysis was used when analysing data from six research interviews, of which half were focus group interviews. In total, 11 CHS nurses were interviewed. RESULTS Child Health Service nurses reported that although the interview with the nonbirthing parent was a positive experience and that a more family-oriented perspective was something many of them had been longing for, they could also feel that it demanded a lot from them, including things they had perhaps not previously considered. CHS nurses reported difficulties with having such close contact with both parents, and they also described feeling worried about the information that could come up in a standardised conversation and the knowledge provided. CONCLUSION There are both possibilities and challenges in widening the responsibilities of the CHS nurse to include the nonbirthing parent by offering a postpartum interview. IMPLICATIONS This study provides information to healthcare professionals about the importance of providing proper guidance and education when broadening the duties and responsibilities for CHS nurses to include nonbirthing parents in mental health screening. CHS nurses must be given the resources needed to deal with the challenges they encounter and sufficient time for the interviews to be possible and meaningful. |
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