A theory of maternal engagement with public health nurses and family visitors

Jack, Susan M.; DiCenso, Alba; Lohfeld, Lynne

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03278.x

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“…A review of the published and grey literature indicated that while there was a heavy focus on program evaluation, the majority of evaluation reports do not include an investigation of clients' perspectives of intensive home visiting programs. There are five studies that have specifically investigated parents' perspectives of intensive nurse home visiting programs: two of these studies are from the United Kingdom (McIntosh & Shute, 2006;Kirkpatrick et al, 2007), two from Canada (Jack et al, 2005;Heaman et al, 2005) and one from the United States of America (DeMay, 2003). Five major themes were identified during the review of these studies, they included: negative preconceptions, trusting relationships, support, empowerment, and change.…”

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Exploring mothers’ perspectives of an intensive home visiting program in Australia: A qualitative study

2013

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Intensive nurse home visiting programs are an early childhood, population based intervention that target vulnerable families. Programs are dependent on the relationship between home visitor and mother to bring about change. Few studies have focused on investigating parents' perspectives of these programs using qualitative methods and none in the Australian context.The aim of this qualitative study was to explore and describe mothers' perspectives of an intensive nurse home visiting program in South Australia. Eight in-depth interviews were conducted with mothers receiving the program. The findings indicated the role of a trusting relationship between nurse and participant as well as shared decision-making was central to program engagement and led to participant perceptions of increasing control over their role as parents. However, a clear distinction was made by the mothers: that they engaged in a relationship, not a program.

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Exploring mothers’ perspectives of an intensive home visiting program in Australia: A qualitative study

2013

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“…17 In addition, for research purposes, CHWs are employed to collect data from the communities they serve 15,18,22,34 or are identified as key informants regarding those communities. 11,18,19,32,33,35 Community knowledge Community knowledge is essential to the roles of CHWs. First, community origin or in-depth knowledge of the community is necessary to build trust, respect and mutual understanding between the CHWs and the communities they serve.…”

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“…In urban settings, where communities may be scattered in different parts of the city, community origin or knowledge about community is taken into account by the organization deploying CHWs without the communities necessarily being consulted. 18,19 Aside from organizational recruitment, there are post-secondary educational programs intended to train and to lead to employment of Aboriginal CHWs. 20 …”

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Community health workers in Canada and other high-income countries: A scoping review and research gaps

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Bourgeault

Labonté

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Can J Public Health

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OBJECTIVES: Community health workers (CHWs) have been deployed to provide health-related services to their fellow community members and to guide them through often complex health systems. They help address concerns about how marginalized populations in many countries experience health inequities that are due, in part, to lack of appropriate primary health care services, possibly resulting in inappropriate use of higher-cost health services or facilities. This paper reviews studies on CHW interventions in a number of high-income countries, including Canada, to identify research gaps on CHW roles. METHODS:A scoping review using 68 sources of interventions involving CHWs was undertaken. The five-step Arksey and O'Malley model guided this review with the aim of summarizing research findings and identifying research gaps in the existing literature on CHWs in Canada (23 sources). A standardized extraction tool was employed to synthesize the literature. SYNTHESIS:We found that CHWs provide a wide range of health-related services but in a manner that, in Canada, is unrecognized and unregulated. In highincome countries, CHW interventions have contributed to health-related issues in communities and demonstrated potential to both reduce health inequity in marginalized populations and reduce the cost of medical services. CONCLUSION:CHWs are an under-recognized, and therefore underutilized, public health workforce, which has a promising capacity to reduce health inequities in marginalized populations in Canada. There is growing support to suggest that CHW roles need to be better integrated within the broader health and social services systems to enable their full potential to be realized.KEY WORDS: Community health workers; human resources; Canada La traduction du résumé se trouve à la fin de l'article.Can J Public Health 2015;106(3):e157-e164 doi: 10.17269/CJPH.106.4747C ommunity health workers (CHWs) have been deployed in most countries (whether low-, middle-or highincome) to provide health-related services to their fellow community members and to guide them through often complex health systems. They help to address concerns about how marginalized populations and communities in many countries experience health inequities that are due, in part, to lack of appropriate primary health care services, possibly resulting in inappropriate use of higher-cost health services or facilities. [1][2][3][4] The World Health Organization (WHO) defines CHWs as "members of communities where they work, selected by and answerable to the communities for their activities, supported by the health system but not necessarily a part of its organization, and have shorter training than professional workers." 5 The 2006 World Health Report identified the use of CHWs as an important strategy to address the growing shortage of health workers, particularly in low-resource settings, as well as to achieve the health-related Millennium Development Goals. 6 The key research priorities related to CHWs in these settings are to know more about their re...

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“…Ao assumir o risco de engajar-se em determinado comportamento participativo e em uma relação com o profissional de saúde a família utiliza estratégias para proteger sua integridade e limitar sua vulnerabilidade, que envolvem o vencer os próprios medos, tentando mostrar-se a altura do profissional e protegendo seu self; construir confiança, abrindo-se, testando e buscando confidencia; e o buscar mutualidade, compartilhando experiências e buscando reforçar suas habilidades de cuidado familiar (79) .…”

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Buscando segurança para desenvolver suas competências: a experiência de interação da família

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A theory of maternal engagement with public health nurses and family visitors

Cited by 105 publications

References 22 publications

Exploring mothers’ perspectives of an intensive home visiting program in Australia: A qualitative study

Exploring mothers’ perspectives of an intensive home visiting program in Australia: A qualitative study

Community health workers in Canada and other high-income countries: A scoping review and research gaps

Buscando segurança para desenvolver suas competências: a experiência de interação da família

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