Vårdpersonals upplevelse av att ge råd till spädbarnsföräldrar angående barnets sömn : Introducering av informationsmaterial

Sammanfattning: Aim: The aim of this study was to examine health professionals´ experiences of giving advice regarding sleep to parents of infants and to perform and evaluate an intervention in the form of introducing information about the sleep of infants.Method: The study was designed as an intervention study with a qualitative approach where data was collected from two focus groups in the form of interviews. The intervention consisted of the information material Sugen på sömn. There were five participants whom three of them participated in the second interview. The interviews were processed by content analysis.Results: Health professionals´ experience of giving advice on sleep was summarized in three themes. The experiences of giving advice in interaction with parents, health professional themselves experienced the power to influence the parents with the advice they gave, while the parents' previous experience and knowledge impacted on how the advice came into practice. The approach that the nursing staff has established is to promote skin to skin care and breastfeeding experienced in relationship with a child's perspective. The approach is in conflict with the advice in the way that infants should sleep. Health professionals describe experiences of counseling about sleep difficult to apply in practice. In the evaluation of the information material the experiences around the use of the material was perceived to facilitate situations where advice is given. The nursing staff also highlighted various factors on the process of introducing new material in the workplace.Conclusion: The nursing staff experienced practical difficulties surrounding of supporting parent-child-relationship and at the same time convey the advice that reduces the risk of SIDS. The information material Sugen på sömn can facilitate counseling situation, however, would more studies to be of value for evaluating the information material.