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'Everything that's said comes from me': New fathers' experiences of individual conversations with the child health nurse
Region Kronoberg, Sweden;University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Region Kronoberg, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7932-2701
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Psychology. Region Kronoberg, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5750-0474
Region Kronoberg, Sweden;University of Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6976-5154
2023 (English)In: Nursing Open, E-ISSN 2054-1058, Vol. 10, no 9, p. 6175-6185Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

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.

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John Wiley & Sons, 2023. Vol. 10, no 9, p. 6175-6185
Keywords [en]
child healthcare, experiences, fathers, infants, interviews, non-birthing parent, parenting, postnatal, qualitative design, Sweden
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Nursing
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Health and Caring Sciences, Nursing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-123505DOI: 10.1002/nop2.1851ISI: 000993387600001PubMedID: 37212534Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85159910728OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-123505DiVA, id: diva2:1786514
Available from: 2023-08-09 Created: 2023-08-09 Last updated: 2023-08-24Bibliographically approved

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