Public health nurses' perceptions of their interactions with child protection services when supporting socioeconomically disadvantaged young mothers in British Columbia, Canada.
Child Abuse Negl
; 124: 105426, 2022 02.
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BACKGROUND: Children of girls and young women experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage are at risk of maltreatment and associated health and developmental problems. Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is an early intervention program designed to improve child and maternal health outcomes. The effectiveness of NFP is being evaluated in British Columbia (BC) through a randomized controlled trial, augmented by a process evaluation to identify influences on how NFP was implemented. OBJECTIVE: To describe how public health nurses providing NFP perceived their interactions with child protection professionals. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Forty-seven public health nurses across BC. METHODS: The principles of interpretive description informed the qualitative component of the process evaluation. Data from interviews and focus groups were analyzed using the framework analysis approach. A thematic framework was generated through processes of coding, charting and mapping, with a focus on organizational and systems influences. RESULTS: Nurses' practice in supporting families often involved engagement with child protection services. Four themes about the nature of this work were identified: 1) developing a deeper understanding of the disciplinary perspectives of child protection, 2) striving for strengthened collaboration, 3) navigating change and uncertainty, and 4) responding to family and community complexity. CONCLUSIONS: Participants valued the contribution of child protection professionals and expressed willingness to collaborate to support families. However, collaboration was constrained by multiple structural barriers. Collaborative models offer possibilities for integrated practice, although can be difficult to implement within current health and child protection systems and child protection regulatory contexts.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Enfermeras de Salud Pública
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Madres
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Equity_inequality
Límite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Child Abuse Negl
Año:
2022
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido