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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Health visitors"”.
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A qualitative exploration into health visitors’ experiences of working with infant mental health concerns
This qualitative study explores health visitors’ experiences of working with infant mental health concerns, specifically with children under-five. Increasingly, health visitors have the onerous task to monitor and give advice on the health and development of young children, sometimes in complex …
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A partnership between health visitors and dentists to identify high caries risk Scottish pre-school children
… examine the feasibility of a partnership between health visitors and dentists to access pre-school children for data collection which could allow identification of those children at risk of developing dental caries. The purpose of the investigation was twofold: 1) to investigate the feasibility of …
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“I am a Health Visitor now”: An Investigation of Student Health Visitors’ perceptions of their Professional Identity
In many health care professions professional identity is considered to be important because it aids recruitment and retention and improves quality of care. Professional identity in nursing has been examined in depth in relation to students joining the profession but it has not been considered in …
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Clients' reports of the work of health visitors in the child health clinic and during home visits
… clients' reports of aspects of a single child health clinic visit and of a home visit by the health visitor. There are two foci of the thesis. First: recall; value and use of the advice/information selected by the client as the most important; second, an exploration of the meaning of support …
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A multiple perspective exploration of health visitors’ family focused practice with mothers with mental illness and their families
… illness. Research to date has suggested that health visitors are in a crucial position to support not only the mother’s mental health, but also the family. Family focused practice (FFP) is an approach that recognises the inter-related needs of family members, and the need to address and …
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Integrating the new genetics into health education practice: exploring the challenges for midwives, nurses and health visitors in primary care
… to be addressed if midwives, practice nurses and health visitors working in the community setting are to integrate genetics into health education practice.<br/><br/>The research takes a multi-method approach, utilising a literature review, focus groups and a questionnaire. The literature indicates …
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An examination of the factors that inform Health Visitors’ effective identification and support of women experiencing domestic violence and abuse
… and analyse the factors that might influence Health Visitors’ ability to ask about domestic abuse during a home visit and the impact this might have on the support given to women who disclose abuse or are in situations where domestic abuse is identified. The study employed a mixed method …
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Exploring the transition experiences of recently qualified health visitors to understand their support needs and future career aspirations: an interpretative description study.
… the transition experiences of recently qualified health visitors to understand their support needs and future career aspirations. Recently qualified health visitors, nurses who have completed post-graduate training to become health visitors, are vital to ensure robust and sustainable health …
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Addressing the needs of children under ‘universal’ and ‘vulnerable’ caseloads – a psychosocial case study of health visitors within an inner London borough
The health visiting service (HVS) offers preventative ‘universal’ and ‘enhanced’ services, and remains the most cost-effective method of providing early support to families to reduce inequalities and enhance outcomes for children (Department of Health and Department for Children Schools and …
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Moving on from ‘Listening Visits’: a mixed methods, multi-phase study exploring the support that health visitors provide to mothers with mental health problems
… 50% of the 25% of mothers who experience mental health problems (MHPs) during pregnancy or the year after they have a baby (the perinatal period) are not getting the help they need that will lead to recovery. Children of mothers with untreated MHPs are more likely to experience physical and …
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WHITHER HEALTH VISITING … AGAIN?
This descriptive, qualitative study asks “Whither Health Visiting…Again?” and provides a window into a significant period for the profession of health visiting, from September 2004 - December 2009. It explores the professional identity of health visiting from its inception to its recent past, …
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A critical realist exploration of the mother’s subjective experience of her relationship with her baby. The importance of recognising and supporting reciprocity in infant care and the barriers to achieving this
… relationship. How the study’s results can inform health visiting practice is considered. Six mothers were interviewed, four of whom participated in a video of their mother-infant interaction. Two focus groups, each with six health visitors, discussed their practice in the context of supporting the …
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The development and validation of tools to measure the parent/health visitor relationship
… Question: Is it possible to measure the parent/health visitor relationship? Aim: To develop and validate tools to measure the parent/health visitor relationship. Background: The helping relationship has been the subject of intense scrutiny in other helping professions, particularly psychotherapy …
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'Following the Line': An ethnographic study of the influence of routine baby weighing on breastfeeding women in a town in the Northwest of England
… is an integral part of routine community child health care in the United Kingdom. An intensive focus on fluctuations in charted weight of young babies has been charged by some breastfeeding advocates with undermining continued breastfeeding. Concern has also been expressed by clinicians and …
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Paternal postpartum distress : a discourse analytic study
… the accounts of first-time parents, midwives and health visitors. The impact of such discursive inconsistency on the recognition of this clinical issue is discussed. Clinical implications are then described. Part three comprises the appendices. A reflective summary drawing on the overall research …
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The culture of community engagement from participant perspectives: implications for health visiting.
… of community engagement (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) (NICE) 2008). It is argued that community engagement has the potential to improve health, yet there is limited understanding about how this works (NICE 2008). This study has taken a critical ethnographic approach to …
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In their own performance: an ethnographic study of mothers’ accounts of interactions with professionals at a children’s centre
… with professionals including midwives, health visitors, social workers and family support workers. Previous studies have concentrated on unhelpful, “them and us” othering practices, this project aimed to consider mothers’ interpretations of interactions, exploring verbal and non-verbal …
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Individuals and society in transition: a narrative study of parents’ use of smacking
… up and becoming parents and for some, becoming health visitors.At the heart of this study ‘small’ stories of individual experience are set within the context of what Tilly (1984) referred to as ‘big structures and large processes’. This thesis weaves ideas about social and cultural narratives …
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Using policy analysis to explore the reciprocal impact of health policy on public health nursing and public health nursing on policy.
… study was to explore the reciprocal impact of health policy on public health nursing and public health nursing on policy. This study uses a new approach to considering public health nurses’ engagement in policy: one which puts public health nurses, as actors in the policy process, at the centre …
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