Facilitating and inhibiting factors in transition to parenthood – ways in which health professionals can support parents

Barimani, Mia; Vikström, Anna; Rosander, Michael; Frykedal, Karin Forslund; Berlin, Anita

doi:10.1111/scs.12367

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“…Moreover, the current findings suggest that its content would be welcomed by parents. In addition to providing parenting advice, antenatal classes should give parents time to bond with other parents, which was suggested in Barimani, Vikström, Rosander, Forslund, and Berlin () and is supported by the current findings.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 81%

Maternal perceptions of advice on sleep in young children: How, what, and when?

Hatton

Gardani

2018

British J Health Psychol

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This study looks at the views of mainly White British mothers currently residing within the United Kingdom. Thus, it may not represent the views of everyone in the United Kingdom. Nevertheless, it still makes important recommendations for practice. For example, relationships between health professionals and parents need to be improved and information on different sleeping practices widely dispersed. Statement of contribution What is already known on this subject? Poor sleep is common in young children. Young children's sleep quality can be affected by parental behaviours. Parents lack knowledge of sleep in young children. What does this study add? According to this study: It would be beneficial for professionals to work in partnership with parents when formulating advice. Mothers want advice to appreciate individual differences, be free of stigma, and manage expectations. Mothers want advice both prenatally and throughout their child's development.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 81%

Maternal perceptions of advice on sleep in young children: How, what, and when?

Hatton

Gardani

2018

British J Health Psychol

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“…The transition to parenthood has been described as overwhelmingly stressful with feelings of insecurity, insufficiency, and unpreparedness for the new role (Asenhed, Kilstan, Alehagen, & Baggens, ; Barimani, Rosander, & Berlin, ; Taylor & Johnson, ). Therefore, one important goal of PE groups is to promote a healthy transition to parenthood, thereby promoting children's health and psychosocial development (Berlin et al, ; Bryanton et al, ; Lefèvre, Lundqvist, Drevenhorn, & Hallström, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Walk the talk: Leader behavior in parental education groups

Berlin

Rosander

Frykedal

et al. 2018

Nursing & Health Sciences

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Expectant and new parents are offered parental education groups as a way to support their transition to parenthood. Group leadership in these groups has been found to be challenging. Using a qualitative and summative design, the aim of the present study was to investigate how health professionals describe their role in parental education groups compared to their actual behavior. Thirteen health professional leaders in antenatal and child health services were interviewed. These descriptions were compared with the leaders' actual behavior in video and audio-recordings of 16 different group sessions. The results revealed that regardless of how the leaders described their role, they acted as experts and left little time to parents for discussions and active participation. In particular, leaders who described themselves as discussion leaders did not "walk the talk"; that is, they did not do what they said they do when leading groups. That could be explained by lack of professional awareness, group leadership, and pedagogical skills. In order to provide high-quality parental support, leaders need training in group leadership and pedagogy combined with supervision and support on a regular basis.

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“…In our study, both HF and LF/HF were high during the first month. Particularly in their first month of motherhood, mothers experience less sleep and frequent midsleep interruptions [13]. The first month is also a time when most mothers lose their social support systems; women in Japan return to their own home after staying with their parents for the first month postpartum.…”

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confidence: 99%

Relationship between Fatigue and Heart Rate Variability in Mothers up to Three Months Postpartum

Tokoro¹

2017

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This study examines the validity of an objective assessment method for fatigue up to 3 months postpartum in women. Heart rate variability was analyzed to evaluate the state of the autonomic nervous functions. Sixteen mothers who were in their third or fourth day postpartum and who consented to take the "Subjective Symptoms Assessment" and to use a memory heart rate monitor for heart rate variability measurement on three occasions: third to fourth day postpartum, first month, and third month were included in the study. No significant differences in subjective symptoms during the three periods were noted; however, statistically significant differences of heart rate between each period were observed ( = 369.7, p<0.001). Although significant changes cannot be detected based on subjective symptoms, identifying the state of autonomic nervous activity by analyzing heart rate variability could objectively indicate the fatigue state after childbirth.

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Facilitating and inhibiting factors in transition to parenthood – ways in which health professionals can support parents

Abstract: Transition theory is appropriate for helping professionals understand and identify practices that might support parents during transition to parenthood. The study led to certain recommendations that are important for professionals to consider.

Cited by 101 publications

References 38 publications

Maternal perceptions of advice on sleep in young children: How, what, and when?

Maternal perceptions of advice on sleep in young children: How, what, and when?

Walk the talk: Leader behavior in parental education groups

Relationship between Fatigue and Heart Rate Variability in Mothers up to Three Months Postpartum

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