I have to Turn Myself Inside Out”: Caring for Immigrant Families of Children With Asthma
2012 (English)In: Clinical Nursing Research, ISSN 1054-7738, E-ISSN 1552-3799, Vol. 21, no 2, p. 224-242Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Abstract [en]
In multicultural societies, health care professionals encounter immigrant families of children with asthma. They play an important role in supporting these families, but few studies have focused on this phenomenon. The aim of the present study is to gain a broader understanding of the challenges health care professionals face in their encounters with non-Western immigrant parents of children with asthma. Seventeen professional caregivers were interviewed, and their narratives were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. The results show that health care professionals’ main challenges when encountering immigrant parents can be described by the theme, “Turning oneself inside out.” This theme is characterized by five categories: gender and professional issues, impact on professional relationships, communication challenges, unfamiliar disease and treatment perceptions, and time issues. The results highlight the importance of providing health care professionals with support and organizational conditions that increase opportunities to understand the unique situation of these families
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, Inc. , 2012. Vol. 21, no 2, p. 224-242
Keywords [en]
asthma, health care settings, speciality clinics, pediatrics
National Category
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Research subject
Integrated Caring Science
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-1299DOI: 10.1177/1054773812438915ISI: 000302854600008PubMedID: 22473272Local ID: 2320/11243OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-1299DiVA, id: diva2:869323
Note
The authors want to thank the professional caregivers for participating in this study. We also want to thank Allergy Consultant Elisabeth Holmner, Department of Pediatrics, Malmö University Hospital, Sweden. The research was supported by grants from The Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association and Signhild Engkvist Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden
2015-11-132015-11-132017-11-16Bibliographically approved