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2. 1. Striving to Promote Family Health after Childbirth : Studies in Low-Income Suburbs of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

   Author : Columba K Mbekenga; Pia Olsson; Kyllike Christensson; Elisabeth Darj; Elisabeth Faxelid; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : First-time parents; postpartum; Health promotion; sexuality; informal support; qualitative; suburban Tanzania; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : Deeper understanding of family health and support after childbirth from the perspective of first-time parents and their informal support network is needed. Postpartum experiences and health concerns of first-time mothers and fathers and, discourses on sexuality and informal support after childbirth were explored in low-income, suburban areas in Ilala, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. READ MORE

4. 2. Professional and social support for first-time mothers and partners during childbearing

   Author : Caroline Bäckström; Lena Mårtensson; Stina Thorstensson; Marie Golsäter; Ingegerd Hildingsson; Ingela Rådestad; Högskolan i Skövde; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Pregnancy; Childbirth; Couple Relationship; Parent; Father; Co-mother; Sense of Coherence; Woman; Child and Family WomFam ; Kvinna; barn och familj WomFam ;

   Abstract : Background: Expecting a child and becoming a parent is one of life’s major events, during which the parents’ perspective on life and their couple relationship changes. For some parents, childbearing entails a decrease in parental couple relationship quality. READ MORE

5. 3. Health promotion in pregnancy and early parenthood : the challenge of innovation, implementation and change within the Salut Programme

   Author : Kristina Edvardsson; Anneli Ivarsson; Rickard Garvare; Monica Nyström; Eva Eurenius; Rolf Wahlström; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Antenatal care; Child health care; Counselling; Dental health services; Dissemination; Health Promotion; Implementation; Intervention; Parents; Pregnancy; Prevention; Obesity; Overweight; Pre-­school; Primary Health Care; Sustainability; Public health medicine research areas; Folkhälsomedicinska forskningsområden; folkhälsa; Public health; Epidemiology; epidemiologi;

   Abstract : Background: In 2005, the Västerbotten County Council launched a child health promotion programme, “the Salut Programme”, in response to an alarming prevalence of overweight and obesity, and trends of increased dental caries, among young county citizens. The programme, initially developed in four pilot areas, is built on multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral collaboration and aims to support and strengthen health promotion activities in health care, social services and school settings. READ MORE

6. 4. The First Meeting at Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

   Author : Monica Hartzell; Anne-Liis von Knorring; Jaakko Seikkula; Rolf Holmqvist; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; First interview; child psychiatry; family therapy; children; parents; therapists; Första mötet; barnpsykiatri; familjeterapi; barn; föräldrar; behandlare; Child and adolescent psychiatry; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri; Child and Youth Psychiatry; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri;

   Abstract : Children and parents who visited child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) for the first time were interviewed in the presence of their therapists about the first meeting. The interview was intended to make the attendants describe in their own words what the meeting was like for them. READ MORE

7. 5. CHILDREN BORN PREMATURELY. Their fathers' experiences and trends in mortality and morbidity during a ten-year period

   Author : Pia Lundqvist; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Preterm infant; mother; father; parents; experience; NICU; trend; morbidity; mortality;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to elucidate fathers’ experience of becoming parents of a pretermborn infant as well as their experience in the years after their infant’s birth. A further aim was to describe the context of neonatal care by investigating trends in outcome during a ten-year period in the southern region of Sweden. READ MORE