First-Time Parents' Support Needs and Perceived Support From a Child Health Service With the Integrated New Families Home Visiting Programme
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4703199 |
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| Authors | Kristin Marie Sæther (0000-0001-6675-4196, VID Specialized University, corresponding author), Bettina Holmberg Fagerlund (0000-0002-0512-5537, VID Specialized University), Kari Glavin (0000-0002-6697-2764, VID Specialized University), Nina Jøranson (0000-0001-9610-6333, VID Specialized University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 20-32 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Health Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10497323231208972 |
| PMID | 37923302 |
| OpenAlex | W4388314062 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 45 |
The transition to parenthood is complex and influenced by interacting factors related to society, the parents and the child. Professional support is considered to be one of the societal factors affecting this transition by facilitating parents' sense of confidence and their competence as parents. In this study, we aimed to explore first-time parents' support needs and experiences of support from a child health service with the integrated New Families home visiting programme, in the context of their transition to parenthood in the first year postnatally. Interpretive description guided this qualitative study. Six couples and one mother, all well-educated and employed, were interviewed individually ( N = 13). The parents were recruited from the research project 'New Families - Innovation and Development of the Child Health Service in Oslo'. We found that being a first-time parent is perceived as overwhelming and that defining support needs may be challenging, particularly in the first period postnatally. In addition, the support needs are constantly changing due to the complexity of interacting factors and the ongoing development of confidence in the parental role. Retrospectively, the parents were satisfied overall with the support from the child health service. The home visit during pregnancy facilitated management and relational and informational continuity. However, we identified a need for even more proactive information provision and communication to optimise the service's availability and efficiency postnatally. In addition, the importance of peers and of approaching both mothers and fathers must be acknowledged in facilitating parental confidence
Developmental psychology · Qualitative research · Service provider · Social support · Sociology · Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare · Infant Development and Preterm Care · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology
Coparenting and the Transition to Parenthood
First‐time mothers
Methodological challenges in qualitative content analysis
Self-Report Measures of Parental Self-Efficacy
Abstraction and interpretation during the qualitative content analysis process
Continuity of care
The role of parental self‐efficacy in parent and child well‐being
Factors associated with parenting self‐efficacy
Qualitative content analysis in nursing research
Parents' Experiences of Receiving Professional Support Through Extended Home Visits During Pregnancy and Early Childhood—A Phenomenographic Study
Interpretive Description
Parenting in context
Self-efficacy
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Fathers’ Perceived Reasons for Their Underrepresentation in Child Health Research and Strategies to Increase Their Involvement
Governing the family
Look to Norway
First-Time Mothers' Expectations and Experiences of Postnatal Care in England
Heading Into Fatherhood-Nervously
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
| Highly cited | No |
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