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'Everything that's said comes from me': New fathers' experiences of individual conversations with the child health nurse.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Swedish Child Health Services provide regular health surveillance of children 0-5 years and support to parents, with the aim to contribute to equitable child healthcare and to promote physical, emotional, and social health for children. Individual conversations with the child health nurse, including screening for postnatal depression, have been recommended and well implemented for mothers, whereas routines for a visit specifically for the nonbirthing parent vary and are not well studied. The aim of this study was therefore to explore how nonbirthing parents experienced individual conversations with their child health nurse, held 3 months after the birth of their child.

Design

Qualitative interview study.

Methods

Semistructured interviews were conducted with 16 fathers who had participated in individual conversations with a nurse at their child health centre, 3 months post-partum. Data were analysed with qualitative content analysis. The study adhered to the COREQ checklist for qualitative studies.

Results

The findings are presented in three categories: 'Being invited into a supportive context', 'Talking about what was important' and 'Taking it home', each of them including three subcategories. The individual conversations, without the mother present, made the fathers feel important and allowed for a different type of content, tailored to their own needs. The conversations were validating and led to changes in daily routines with their child for some fathers.

SUBMITTER: Massoudi P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10416067 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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'Everything that's said comes from me': New fathers' experiences of individual conversations with the child health nurse.

Massoudi Pamela P Wikerstål Amanda A Carlsson Viktor V Gunnarsson A Birgitta AB

Nursing open 20230522 9

<h4>Aim</h4>Swedish Child Health Services provide regular health surveillance of children 0-5 years and support to parents, with the aim to contribute to equitable child healthcare and to promote physical, emotional, and social health for children. Individual conversations with the child health nurse, including screening for postnatal depression, have been recommended and well implemented for mothers, whereas routines for a visit specifically for the nonbirthing parent vary and are not well stud ...[more]

PMID: 37212534

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'Everything that's said comes from me': New fathers' experiences of individual conversations with the child health nurse.

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