What is it about?
Based directly on their first-hand experiences, child health care nurses reported that infant massage in parent groups positively impacts families’ well-being and is an integral part of child health care. Child health care nurses found it beneficial to teach infant massage in parental groups.
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Why is it important?
Through their professional experiences, child health care nurses have found that infant massage in a parent group setting confers several benefits to both parents/guardians and infants. It has a calming effect that reduces stress, and it strengthens the relationship between infants and parents/guardians. However, these parent groups can vary greatly in terms of participation. In general, there were more mothers than fathers who attended, foreign-born families were more difficult to engage, and not everyone was comfortable within this type of social context.
Perspectives
It has been a great pleasure to write this article about an important topic. Child health care nurses are experts in many fields, but theire expertise are seldom highlighted. Infant massage is a common practice around the world, with several benficial aspects, however, this is the first time that child health care nurses experiences about teaching infant massage in parental groups have been investigated.
Pernilla Garmy
Hogskolan Kristianstad
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This page is a summary of: Lessons learned from child health care nurses' experiences of teaching infant massage groups: A qualitative interview‐based study, Nursing Open, December 2022, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/nop2.1524.
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