Abstract
Background: Divorce is common in today’s´ society, and children’s´ experience of parental separation is often that they feel stressed and confused. Previous studies show that the divorce resulted in major changes for the children and that the pressure in the family situation after divorce affects children's feelings. The children in these studies often spoke of the grief after the loss of not being a family anymore. Aim: The purpose of this study is to describe school nurse experiences of school children's health and health promotion in the context of parental separation. Method: The methods used were an interview study with a qualitative approach and Granheim and Lundman´s (2004) content analysis method. Results: The analysis of the result of the interviews showed many similarities but also differences in the school nurses' experiences, which resulted in three major categories with associated subcategories. The main categories that emerged were Paying attention to behavioral changes; Promoting health through personal support and Promoting health through collaborative support. Conclusion: From an overall perspective a majority of school nurses that participated experienced that school children's health in the context of parental separation was satisfactory. The school nurses also stated that they were satisfied with the health promotion work around children of divorced parents.
Date of Award | 2012-Apr-02 |
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Original language | Swedish |
Supervisor | Ann-Christin Janlöv (Supervisor) & Agneta Berg (Examiner) |
Educational program
- Graduate diploma in primary health care specialist nursing
University credits
- 15 HE credits
Swedish Standard Keywords
- Nursing (30305)
Keywords
- school nurse
- school children
- health
- health promotion
- separation
- divorce
- qualitative