How parents react when their child is overweight
When staff in the child health clinic and school health services tell parents that their child is overweight, many feel both a sense of shame and guilt.
When staff in the child health clinic and school health services tell parents that their child is overweight, many feel both a sense of shame and guilt.
Mothers who engaged with the ‘New families’ home visit programme, had more frequent contact with child health centres. But more than a third of all the mothers reported that they had received inadequate information from public authorities about the child health centre’s services.
When nurses encounter parents with a sick newborn child, it is vital that they see them as individuals and establish a relationship based on empathy.
The father’s role has changed, and fathers have become more active as regards childcare. Nevertheless, they may feel excluded during pregnancy, childbirth and follow-up at the child health centre.
Weight measurement provides an indication of the well-being, nutrition and health of children and adolescents. It is therefore important that the scale that is used provides precise measurements.
Helsesøstre bruker International Child Development Programme (ICDP) aktivt i arbeidet for å forbedre samspillet mellom foreldre og barn.
Viss fleire kan foreldrerettleiingsprogrammet International Child Development Programme (ICDP), er dei truleg betre rusta til å førebygge vald mot barn, skriv Mariann Enoksen.
Vold mot barn er et tema som har fått økt oppmerksomhet, og mange barn utsettes for fysisk vold i oppveksten. Helsesøstre har plikt til å melde fra ved mistanke om fysisk vold mot barn. Flertallet av helsesesøstrene mener fysisk vold mot barn kan avdekkes ved at de snakker med alle foreldre om temaet når de er på kontroller med barnet.
Sykepleiere på legevakt vil sannsynligvis oppleve å mistenke omsorgssvikt hos barn. De trenger kunnskap for å gjenkjenne tegn og symptomer.