Using self‐help support groups: a framework for nursing practice and research

Alley, Nancy M.; Foster, Marilyn Chance

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.1990.tb01780.x

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“…Nurses traditionally are socialized and educated in the expert care provider role and therefore are not used to responding to, or interacting with, lay support networks (Stewart, 1990b). SHGs can be regarded as supplementary sources of support outside clients' existing social networks, which is why they are important in planning nursing care (Alley & Foster, 1990; Dhooper, 1990; McCauley, 1995; Tilden, 1987). Nurses play both a direct and an indirect role in social support.…”

Section: Self‐help Groupsmentioning

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Self-Help Groups as a Support Strategy in Nursing: A Case Study

Hildingh

Fridlund

Segesten

2000

Rehabilitation Nursing

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Self‐help groups can be regarded as supplementary sources of support outside of clients' existing social network, and as such, are important in planning nursing care. Nurses traditionally are socialized and educated in the expert care provider role. Although they are not used to responding to lay support networks, they can effectively cooperate with self‐help groups. The aim of this qualitative study using the case study approach was to describe capabilities of a female cardiac nurse who includes self‐help groups in her plan for the support of cardiac clients. Her confidence in human strength and her insight into the disease situation were interpreted as factors that may have accounted for her flexible attitude to caring and her ability to appreciate lay care. This nurse has expanded her professional role by increasing clients' care with regard to their social environment. When using self‐help groups as a support strategy, she acts as a resource mobilizer and facilitator, who contributes to the empowerment of her clients.

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Section: Self‐help Groupsmentioning

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Self-Help Groups as a Support Strategy in Nursing: A Case Study

Hildingh

Fridlund

Segesten

2000

Rehabilitation Nursing

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“…Interventions may be focused on the structural or functional aspects of networks, by, for example, endeavouring to maintain, enlarge or alter the density of an existing network, or help someone to develop new networks. This could include putting clients in touch with appropriate self-help groups (Alley & Foster 1990). Dean (1986) also points out that knowledge of social networks and support can be very beneficial in planning health education interventions which can be designed to include influential members of the person's network.…”

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Social networks: their relevance to mental health nursing

Simmons

1994

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Research into social networks has been advancing over several decades, originally in relation to the general population and more recently in relation to their influences on health and mental health. The recent full implementation of the Community Care Act, with its stress on the role of carers and networks, reinforces the need for mental health nurses to be aware of these issues. This selective review examines some of the ways in which social networks can be analysed, explores the relationship between social networks and social support, and considers the effects of social networks and social support on mental health. Research into the social networks of people with long-term mental ill-health is discussed, and implications for mental health nursing in all care settings are addressed.

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“…Nurses with their holistic attitude to care, are well prepared to support the patients in self-help groups (e.g. Blaek, 1988;Alley & Foster, 1990), and this kind of care could constitute a future challenge in the nursing profession.…”

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Supporting elderly coronary patients in self‐help groups with a guidebook; a nurse intervention for public health

Hildingh

Fridlund

1992

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Summary Elderly people arc more often subject to coronary diseases than young people, and the rapid growth of the number of elderly people in society has implications for care. An interesting alternative or complement to traditional rehabilitative care is self‐help groups where ‘natural’ care can bring a new perspective to practice. The aim of this paper is to describe a nurse intervention in connection with self‐help groups for elderly persons post‐coronary. This intervention embraces health advice for the group members in the form of a guidebook, comprising physical, psychological and social health aspects to be used in group meetings. From a public health perspective such an intervention is one way to show how nurses can work in rehabilitative care, as well as in promotive and preventive care, outside the health care and medical services.

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Using self‐help support groups: a framework for nursing practice and research

Cited by 10 publications

References 22 publications

Self-Help Groups as a Support Strategy in Nursing: A Case Study

Self-Help Groups as a Support Strategy in Nursing: A Case Study

Social networks: their relevance to mental health nursing

Supporting elderly coronary patients in self‐help groups with a guidebook; a nurse intervention for public health

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