What is it about?
Health visitors are aware that planning interventions with parents can be complex. These findings indicate the value of using a shared decision-making framework to structure planning, as application of a framework identified the processes that support a collaborative approach in practice.
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Why is it important?
Health visitors in the United Kingdom are in a strategic position to be able to support parents with the well-being of their babies and children through collaborative planning. This research is the first to link a shared decision-making framework with health visitor practice. The study identified a number of antecedents that supported the application of shared decision-making in health visitor practice.
Perspectives
Worldwide, there is a focus on promoting children's well-being to enhance the population health. Within the United Kingdom, health visitors have a key responsibility for working in partnership with parents to support this agenda. Despite evidence that the application of ‘shared decision-making’ frameworks can increase patient participation, improve patient satisfaction and improve health outcomes, there is limited research linking shared decision-making with health visitor practice.
Dr Ruth Astbury
University of the West of Scotland
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This page is a summary of: Working in partnership: the application of shared decision-making to health visitor practice, Journal of Clinical Nursing, September 2016, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13480.
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