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- Larsson, Margaretha, et al.
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Altering the Parenting Role: Parents’ Experience of Supporting the Health and Well-Being of Their Adolescent Girls
- 2015
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In: Child and Youth Care Forum. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1053-1890 .- 1573-3319. ; 44:3, s. 419-432
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- BackgroundIn research the relationships between parents and their adolescent daughters have been viewed from problem oriented perspectives, usually exploring negative effects and health-related problems. Health and well-being are complex phenomena and knowledge is needed on how parents can support the health and well-being of their daughter.ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to illuminate parents’ experiences of supporting the health and well-being of their adolescent girls.MethodsA descriptive design with a phenomenological approach including interviews, individually or in group with ten mothers and five fathers was conducted.ResultsSupporting the health and well-being of adolescent girls was experienced as challenging. The parents needed to altering the parenting role: from being the one who had previously set the limits they needed to rethink and be available for support. In this process interplay, communication and trust were important to support the health and well-being of the girls in an efficient way. This meaning was further illuminated by four constituents: Balancing the need for control, maintaining a trusting relationship, interplay to facilitate their daughters’ transition to independence, and an ambiguous parenting role.ConclusionsThis study highlights the importance of parents being involved in the everyday life of their adolescent daughter to support her health and well-being. The parents’ ability to contribute to the health and well-being of their girl seemed in this study dependent on their ability to communicate and alter the parenting role with sensitivity to the lifeworld of the adolescent girl.
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- Larsson, Margaretha, et al.
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Striving to Make a Positive Difference : School Nurses’ Experiences of Promoting the Health and Well-Being of Adolescent Girls
- 2014
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In: Journal of School Nursing. - : Sage Publications. - 1059-8405 .- 1546-8364. ; 30:5, s. 358-365
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In Sweden, school nurses are part of the School Health Service with the main objective of health promotion to support students’ health and attainment of educational goals. The aim in this phenomenological study was to illuminate the experiences of school nurses in promoting the health and well-being of adolescent girls. Seventeen school nurses were interviewed, both in groups and individually, to facilitate personal disclosure and expressions from their lived experiences. To achieve their goal of improving the health of adolescent girls, school nurses require flexibility in their approach and in endeavoring to make a positive difference they experience many challenges. This study concluded that school nurses can tactfully provide adolescent girls with knowledge and health guidance adjusted to individual needs and empowering the individual girl to participate in her own health process.
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