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- Lagerberg, Dagmar, 1941-
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A descriptive survey of swedish child health nurses´ awareness of abuse and neglect. I : Characteristics of the nurses
- 2001
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Ingår i: International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect. - 0145-2134 .- 1873-7757. ; 25:12, s. 1583-1601
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: The objectives were to assess: (1) child health nurses’ identification of abuse/neglect of children of preschool age in their districts; (2) overall prevalence of abuse/neglect according to the nurses; (3) determinants of nurse identification; (4) determinants of nurse-reported district prevalences; and (5) determinants of reporting to the child protection services (CPS). Method: Questionnaires were mailed to about 3000 child health centers. Results: Fifty-five percent responded. Of these, 22% identified no case and 33% at least one (mostly five or fewer). The overall prevalence was 1.4%. Identification correlated with general participation rate in the county. Other determinants of identification were acquaintance with the district, large district populations, and three variables assumed to reflect a personal interest. Determinants of prevalences were small district populations, regular contacts with the social services, and two personal interest variables. With large district populations, identification increased, whereas prevalences decreased. Only 30.3% had made a report to the CPS. Regular contacts with the social services correlated with reporting. Personal interest was a determinant of the decision to report, and acquaintance with the district a determinant of reporting rate. Conclusions: Abuse and neglect did not appear as priorities for the Child Health Services. The method probably led to an underestimation of the true prevalence. Personal interest and social services contacts emerged as important determinants. However, the assumed criteria of “interest” were not validated. For effective identification, no nurse should be responsible for more than 400 to 500 children. Implications for practice and research are discussed.
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- Lagerberg, Dagmar, 1941-
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A descriptive survey of Swedish child health nurses' awareness of abuse and neglect. II : Characteristics of the children
- 2004
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Ingår i: Acta Paediatrica. - : Wiley. - 0803-5253 .- 1651-2227. ; 93:5, s. 692-701
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- AIM: To determine whether children considered by child health nurses to be at risk of abuse or neglect differed from the general population in gender, age and health status, and whether such child characteristics were related to nurses' perceptions of case seriousness, or to reporting to the child protection services (CPS). METHODS: Questionnaires were sent to nurses in the preventive Child Health Services, 951 of whom identified a total of 6044 children aged 0 to 6 y as suspected of risk of maltreatment. RESULTS: Boys and older children were over-represented among the identified children, possibly because the attention of the nurses was attracted by salient symptoms in older boys. Children with health problems and boys exposed to disturbed parenting/neglect were perceived as more serious cases than other children. Children aged 4-6 y were more likely to be reported to the CPS than children under 3 y of age. CONCLUSION: The findings raise the question whether possibly maltreated children who are very young, female or in good health run a particularly high risk of non-detection, of being considered non-serious cases and of not being reported to the CPS. The risk of going unnoticed may be higher for some children at risk of maltreatment than for others.
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- Lagerberg, Dagmar, 1941-, et al.
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Asking about Postpartum Depressive Symptoms : An Easy Way to Identify Maternal Distress at 18 Months?
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Ingår i: International Archives of Nursing and Health Care. ; 1:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aim: To determine whether a simple question about maternal recall of postpartum depressive symptoms could aid in identifying maternal distress at 18 months postpartum.Methods: 1168 mothers of children aged 17-20 months completed a questionnaire including the item "Were you low/sad after delivery?" Low postpartum distress (PD) was defined as "no, not at all", medium PD "yes, somewhat", and high PD "yes, very". Maternal stress, perceived child difficultness and difficulty to handle child mobility, i.e. to prevent the child from moving around in a way the mother may find tiresome, were used as criteria of current maternal distress.Results: With one exception (spouse relationship stress), low PD mothers reported the most favourable and high PD mothers the least favourable outcomes in terms of stress, perceived child difficulty and problems handling child mobility, with medium PD mothers in between. All these differences were significant. Effect sizes were small to large.Conclusions: Our questionnaire item about postpartum distress seemed valid in differentiating between levels of current maternal distress, defined in terms of stress, perceived child difficultness and difficulty to handle child mobility. The fact that our item was retrospective and required recall by the mothers limited its value somewhat. However, our findings indicate that the 18-month check-up at the child health centre offers a good opportunity for asking, on a routine basis, some simple question about the mother's current stress or distress.
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- Lagerberg, Dagmar, 1941-
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Barn som far illa
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Ingår i: Barnhälsovård. - Stockholm : Liber. - 9789147015634 ; , s. 188-209
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- Lagerberg, Dagmar, 1941-
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Barn som far illa
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Ingår i: Barnbladet. - 0349-1994. ; 26, s. 21-22
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Lagerberg, Dagmar, 1941-
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Barnhälsovård i förändring :
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Ingår i: Klara, färdiga, gå!. - Stockholm : Barnombudsmannen. ; , s. 84-86
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- Lagerberg, Dagmar, 1941-, et al.
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Child health and maternal stress : does neighbourhood status matter?
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Ingår i: International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. - : Walter de Gruyter GmbH. - 0334-0139 .- 2191-0278. ; 23:1, s. 19-25
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this cross-sectional questionnaire study was to explore neighbourhood-level differences in health behaviour, maternal stress and sense of coherence, birth weight, child health and behaviour, and children's television watching habits. In total, 2006 pairs of Swedish mothers and children, aged approximately 20 months, from the general population participated in the study. A total of 1923 lived in neighbourhoods of average socioeconomic status in six counties, and 83 in a high-status neighbourhood in one of the counties. Data were collected in 2002-2003 and 2004-2005 through the Child Health Services. Socio-demographic confounders were adjusted for in multiple logistic regressions (maternal age, country of birth, education, marital status and parity). Compared with their counterparts in average neighbourhoods, mothers in the high-status neighbourhood were less frequently smokers and had been breastfeeding their children more. They felt less stress from social isolation and had a higher sense of coherence. All these differences except lower social isolation were non-significant after adjusting for socio-demographic characteristics. Privileged mothers felt more restricted by their parenting tasks (unadjusted comparison), and more privileged children were frequent television watchers. Child birth weight, health and behaviour were no better in the privileged than in average neighbourhoods. This paper adds to previous knowledge by showing that status-based geographic differences in important parenting and health parameters can be non-significant in an equitable society such as Sweden, where all families with young children have access to free high-quality health services. Individual characteristics could provide better explanations than neighbourhood status.
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