Parents' perceptions of the safe environment for every kid (SEEK) model in the Swedish child health services.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Safe Environment for Every Kid (SEEK) model was developed to address psychosocial risk factors (financial worries, depressive symptoms, major parental stress, alcohol misuse and intimate partner violence) in the pediatric primary care setting but has not been evaluated from the parents' perspective. To further investigate the usefulness of SEEK, it is important to explore how parents perceive the model.

Objective

The aim of the present study was to explore parents' perceptions of the SEEK model as a part of regular health visits in the Child Health Services in Sweden.

Participants and setting

Eighteen parents (13 women and five men) in two Swedish counties participated in the study.

Methods

Semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted, and

SUBMITTER: Golsater M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11401304 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature