Routine conversations about violence conducted in Swedish child health services—A mixed methods study of nurses' experiences

Abstract

This study focuses on implementation of routine conversations about violence in a child health care context. The definition of violence in the study includes all forms of behaviour in close relationships that involve physical, psychological or sexual violations and/or abuse. It includes violence against children, Child Abuse (CA) and violence between the adults in the family, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) 1,2 Child Abuse and IPV are global public health problems. Children who are exposed to violence from their parents or other caregivers

Issue Highlights

“…Nimborg et al evaluated an intervention that helped nurses from Swedish Child Health Services to talk to parents about intimate partner violence 1 . Written and oral information were provided during neonatal home visits during the child's first weeks of life and parents were asked structured questions, individually, during two regular child health visits.…”

Child health professionals can play an integral role in identifying and preventing intimate partner violence

“…In the present issue of Acta Paediatrica, Nimborg et al 1 describe their findings regarding a structured program within the preventive child health services in Sweden to provide information about and discuss intimate partner violence (IPV) with parents with young infants. The model includes written and oral information on IPV provided during the neonatal home visit offered to all families during the child's first weeks of life and structured questions asked during two regular child health visits with each parent individually.…”