Relationship Work in an Early Childhood Home Visiting Program

Maureen Heaman; Karen Chalmers; Roberta Woodgate; Judy Brown

doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2007.02.002

Relationship Work in an Early Childhood Home Visiting Program

Maureen Heaman, Karen Chalmers, Roberta Woodgate, Judy Brown

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A significant component of the work of public health nurses and paraprofessional home visitors who provide home visits to families with young children involves establishing relationships to effectively deliver the visiting program. The purpose of this qualitative and descriptive study was to describe the relationships among participants in a home visiting program in one regional health authority in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Interviews were carried out with 24 public health nurses, 14 home visitors, and 20 parents. The findings related to establishing, maintaining, and terminating relationships as well as factors influencing relationship work are described. Public health nurses and home visitors put significant effort into the work of establishing relationships with each other and their clients and require adequate training, sufficient human resources, and support from the program's administration to sustain these relationships. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	319-330
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume	22
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2007.02.002
Publication status	Published - Aug 2007

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