Journal article
Open-access community child health clinics: The everyday experience of parents and child health nurses
Journal of Child Health Care, Vol.16(1), pp.5-14
2012
Abstract
In Australia, Community Child Health Services (CCHS) is the primary health care service which seeks to strengthen and support families, prevent illness and manage risks. Several nursing models of care exist within CCHS, and limited research has investigated which is the best way to provide child health surveillance and parenting support during the early years. This study qualitatively explored the everyday lived experience of parents and child health nurses involved with an open-access (appointment-free, parent-led) group child health surveillance clinic. Findings showed that participants considered the open-access clinic provided a helpful and supportive way of delivering child health surveillance and parental support to families with infants aged 0-18months, without identified risk factors. The perspectives of multiple parents, nurses and other health workers found it effective, flexible and parent-directed, which may be in contrast to some traditional individual appointment child health surveillance methods. © SAGE Publications 2012.
Details
- Title
- Open-access community child health clinics: The everyday experience of parents and child health nurses
- Authors
- Lauren Kearney (Author) - Queensland HealthPaul Fulbrook (Author) - Australian Catholic University
- Publication details
- Journal of Child Health Care, Vol.16(1), pp.5-14
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Ltd.
- Date published
- 2012
- DOI
- 10.1177/1367493511419874
- ISSN
- 1367-4935
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449033602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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