Norwegian health personnel’s contacts and referrals for children of ill parents: an exploratory cross-sectional multi-centre study

BMC Health Services Research

Research

Tytti Solantaus¹  Ellen Katrine Kallander²  Bente M. Weimand³  Ketil Hanssen-Bauer⁴  Torleif Ruud⁴  Jūratė Šaltytė Benth⁵  Marit Hilsen⁶  Kristin Stavnes⁷  Bjørg Eva Skogøy⁸  Elin Kufås⁹ 

[1] Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland;Division of Mental Health Services, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway;Division of Mental Health Services, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway;Department of Health, Social and Welfare Studies, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway, Drammen, Norway;Division of Mental Health Services, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway;Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Campus Ahus, Akershus, Norway;Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Campus Ahus, Akershus, Norway;Health Services Research Unit, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway;Regional Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, RBUP Øst Og Sør, Postboks 4623, 0405, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway;The Regional Centre for Eating Disorders (RESSP), Nordland Hospital Trust, 8092, Bodø, Norway;Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway;The Regional Centre for Eating Disorders (RESSP), Nordland Hospital Trust, Kløveråsveien 1, 8076, Bodø, Norway;The Regional Centre for Eating Disorders (RESSP), Nordland Hospital Trust, 8092, Bodø, Norway;Nordland Research Institute, Postboks 1490, 8049, Bodø, Norway;Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Drammen, Norway;

关键词: Legislation;    Law;    The Act;    Referrals;    Children of ill parents;    Parental illness;    Mentally ill parents;    Parents with substance abuse;    Physically ill parents;    Somatically ill parents;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12913-023-09607-0

 received in 2022-10-04, accepted in 2023-05-26,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundIn 2010, changes were made to the Norwegian Health Personnel Act. This led to all health personnel being obliged to support the patients’ children and families. The aims of this study were to investigate whether health personnel contacted or referred the patients’ children to family/friends or public services. We also investigated if there were factors in the family or the services that increased or decreased the degree of contacts and referrals. In addition the patients were asked whether the law had been a help or even a burden. This study was part of a larger multi-site study of children of ill parents conducted in five health trusts in Norway. MethodWe used cross-sectional data from 518 patients and 278 health personnel. The informants completed a questionnaire addressing the law. Data were analyzed by factor analysis and logistic regression.ResultsThe health personnel contacted/referred children to different services, but not to the degree desired by their parents. Only a few contacted family/friends, or the school and/or the public health nurse, those representing the helpers who live closest to the child, and thus well situated to participate in help and preventive efforts. The service most often referred to was the child welfare service.ConclusionThe results indicate a change in contacts/referrals for children from their parents’ health personnel but also reveal remaining needs for support/help for these children. Health personnel should strive to write more referrals and take more contacts than the current study suggests, to secure adequate support for children of ill parents in Norway, as intended in The Health Personnel Act.

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