Thesis (M.A. (MW))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

Background: Cancer is the most common cause of death among children in Sweden. The disease and the treatment cause suffering among the children, which also affects their parents. Research has shown that parents of children with cancer have poorer health. It is the nurse’s responsebility to help, not only the child, but also the parents in their difficult situation. Aim: The aim of this study was to describe parents’ experience of living with a child diagnosed with cancer. Method: The method in this study was a literature study, where four autobiographies were analysed. The text was analysed according to qualitative content analysis. Results: The analysis of the autobiographies revealed four categories in which parents’ experiences and feelings were described. The four categories were: Experiences and adaptation of grief; Experiences of insecurity; Experiences of powerlessness; Experiences of hope. Conclusion: The study showed that parents wanted to be able to be at home together with the sick child. To make this possible, the parents needed support by home care. The parents also suffered of the powerlessness they felt when they couldn't help their child. To make the parents more involved, it is important that the nurse encourage the parents to participate. Finally, the parents described the importance of feeling joy and hope. This study provides information about how parents experience living with a child who has cancer. This information gives the nurse opportunity to adjust the care and also to support and help the parents.

An increasing number of children care for themselves (self-care) while their parents are employed outside the home. A literature review suggested a connection between child care concerns and employed parents' increased stress, role overload, and lower productivity. This study evaluated the impact of an educational training program for families with children in self-care. Twenty-one rural families with children currently in self-care participated in this study. For most families, having children in self-care had little impact on factors which influence the parents' employment preformance. The treatment lowered the amount of time parents worried about their self-care children, but did not effect telephone use or the confidence level for parents and children. / Graduation date: 1991

Syftet med studien var att beskriva och jämföra kvinnornas upplevelse och erfarenhet av amningsrådgivning och amningsstöd genom vårdkedjan relaterat till paritet, det vill säga omföderskor och förstföderskor. Studien genomfördes som en retrospektiv tvärsnittsstudie med en kvantitativ ansats. I studien ingick 250 kvinnor varav 103 var förstföderskor och 147 var omföderskor. Studien utfördes med hjälp av enkäter som skickades kvinnorna när barnen var 9 månader gamla. Efter utskick en vecka senare intervjuades kvinnorna per telefon. Materialet till studien var en del ur en större datainsamling. På flertalet frågor kunde ett tydligt samband utläsas mellan dem som var omföderskor eller förstföderskor. Kvinnorna erhöll amningsrådgivning i olika hög grad på de olika instanserna. Främst var det förstföderskorna som fick råd. Amningsråd gavs i störst utsträckning på BB. På MVC och BVC var det lite mer än en tredjedel som erhöll amningsrådgivning och många tillfrågades bara om de skulle amma. Överlag var kvinnorna nöjda med amningsstödet de erhöll. Dock varierade det lite på instanserna och det fanns större grupper av missnöjda kvinnor. Det samma gällde nöjdheten med amningsrådgivningen som påverkades av att det fanns en stor grupp som inte fått rådgivning eller inte ansåg att de kunde uttala sig, främst omföderskor. Inget signifikant samband kunde påvisas mellan paritet och stödet kvinnorna fått, förutom på BB där förstföderskorna var en aning nöjdare. Dock var kvinnans partner det viktigaste stödet. Majoriteten ansåg att amningsrådgivningen hade varit enhetlig genom vårdkedjan förutom på BB. Främst förstföderskor var missnöjda, dock har fler omföderskor angett att de inte kan uttala sig angående enhetligheten varken igenom hela vårdkedjan eller på BB.

Texte remanié de: Th. doct.--Droit privé--Toulouse 1, 2000. / Bibliogr. p. 429-439. Index.

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