Perceptions des professionnels de leurs pratiques auprès des parents de jeunes enfants

Abstract

Cette étude vise à décrire les croyances et les perceptions des intervenants de leurs pratiques professionnelles et à examiner la nature des relations entre leurs croyances, leurs perceptions des parents ainsi que les principes et les pratiques qu’ils adoptent. Une étude quantitative descriptive et corrélationnelle effectuée auprès de 203 intervenants révèle un modèle de l’engagement des professionnels dans les soins et les services à l’égard des parents de jeunes enfants. Lorsque les intervenants adoptent des principes d’empowerment, ils perçoivent les parents qu’ils côtoient plus positivement et réussissent à mettre en place des pratiques professionnelles collaboratives auprès des parents de jeunes enfants en contexte de vulnérabilité.This study is intended to describe professionals’ beliefs and perceptions with regard to their help-giving practices towards parents of young children as well as to examine the nature of the relationships between these beliefs and perceptions, and the reality of such help-giving principles and practices. A descriptive, quantitative, correlational study was carried out with 203 professionals. A model of professionals’ involvement in family care and services was unveiled. When professionals adopt empowerment principles, they tend to perceive parents more positively, and succeed in applying collaborative practice towards the parents of young children who experience vulnerable conditions such as poverty

Support to parents with cognitive limitations: parental abilities and social participation

“…). On this, experts acknowledge that the professional support is more efficient when it encourages the utilisation of the parents' natural support networks (De Montigny & Lacharité ). Such an approach could lead the parents into developing a sense of empowerment if the actions strive to improve the interactions between them and the people from their informal and community networks.…”

The Father Friendly Initiative within Families: Using a logic model to develop program theory for a father support program

“…Managers are concerned about the fact that there are few social or health policies to support father involvement and that the service offerings in their organizations are primarily geared toward mothers and their needs. Practitioners' lack of skill and knowledge has also been identified as a problem (de Montigny and Lacharité , 2012;Lacharité et al, 2005). Practitioners have a less positive perception of fathers than of mothers, and they have difficulty defining their roles vis-à -vis fathers, not knowing how to interact with them (St-Arneault, 2013).…”

Assessing the impacts of an interdisciplinary programme supporting father involvement on professionals’ practices with fathers: A qualitative study

“…However, it is not always easy for nurses and other health professionals to include fathers (Brewsaugh, E. Masyn, & Sollum, ; de Montigny & Lacharité, ). For example, according to a study in Sweden, nurses perceive the father as an important member of the family but pay little attention to him (Kaila‐Behm & Vehviläinen‐Julkunen, ).…”

“…The situation is similar in Quebec (Canada), where health professionals, including nurses, prefer to interact with mothers, whom they consider to be more interested in the child's well‐being (Lacharité, Montigny, et al, ) and whom they perceive more positively (de Montigny, Gervais, Meunier, & Dubeau, ; de Montigny & Lacharité, ). In fact, these difficulties have been observed from the first weeks of their training.…”

“…Public policies highlight the need to recognise, encourage and actively support father involvement during the perinatal period, but without specifying how this is to be achieved (Dubeau, Villeneuve, & Thibault, ; St‐Arneault, de Montigny, & Villeneuve, ). The task of developing or adapting professional practices to support father involvement therefore rests mainly with care providers and managers (Dubeau et al, ; de Montigny et al, ; de Montigny & Lacharité, ).…”