ArticleBMC public health2019
Strengthening resilience through an extended postnatal home visiting program in a multicultural suburb in Sweden: fathers striving for stability.
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- Wellbeing Outcomes and Risk and Protective Factors for Parents with Migrant and Refugee Backgrounds from the Middle East in the First 1000 Days: A Systematic Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2024Pooled it
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- A universal home-visit programme to tailor support to first-time parents: a qualitative case study on parents' perspectives.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Supported in a time of need - first-time parents' perceptions of a Swedish extended home visiting program.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Extended home visits from child healthcare nurses and dental nurses: an interview study with first-time parents participating in the home visit program in southern Sweden.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Impact of Digital Support on Parental Stress in Swedish Child Health Care: Results From an Intervention Study.International journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Health, social, and dental professionals' experiences of working within an extended home-visit program in the child healthcare: a qualitative interview study in Sweden.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- "But at home, with the midwife, you are a person": experiences and impact of a new early postpartum home-based midwifery care model in the view of women in vulnerable family situations.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Interprofessional Teamwork to Promote Health: First-Time Parents' Experiences of a Combined Home Visit by Midwife and Child Health Care Nurse.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- The concept, importance and values of support during childbearing and breastfeeding - A discourse paper.Nursing open · 2022Article
- Parents' Experiences of Receiving Professional Support Through Extended Home Visits During Pregnancy and Early Childhood-A Phenomenographic Study.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo improve prerequisites for better health development among children growing up in multicultural suburbs in Stockholm County, where poorer health is displayed in several aspects including child health, early support was initiated for first-time parents in one of the suburbs. An extended postnatal home visiting program during the child's first 15 months was offered to families with first-time mothers during 2013-2014 and consisted of six home visits by a child health care nurse and a parental advisor from social services. Almost all invited families (94%) participated in the program and the program evaluation. Fathers' participation in two or more home visits within the program was 53%. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of fathers participating in the program, with respect to their role as a first-time parent from a resilience perspective.
methodsIn-depth interviews were conducted with nine fathers. Constructivist grounded theory (GT) was applied in the analysis.
resultsThe fathers' experiences formed the core category of the study, 'striving for stability in living conditions', as well as three categories: 'everyday life conditions', 'adjustment to fatherhood in Sweden' and 'channels of support'. The fathers perceived that the home visiting program strengthened their parental confidence and increased their knowledge of societal services and local resources for their family.
conclusionsIn terms of resilience, the extended postnatal home visiting program benefitted the interviewed migrant fathers on an individual level by meeting part of their need for support regarding knowledge and parental confidence; on a structural level the program helped fathers gain information about available societal services and resources in their local area.
trial registrationThe study was retrospectively registered (11 August 2016) in the ISRCTN registry (ISRCTN11832097 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN11832097 ).
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