Björklund T
Sairaanhoitaja (1991). 1991(4):15-7.
Public Health Nurses are in a key position to support the self-esteem of young people and their families. Supporting people's self-esteem is significant for the welfare of the population. The purpose of this study was to investigate the connection between childhood experiences and young people's self-esteem and the type of assistance young people had received from public health nurses compared with their expectations in this respect. The population consisted of Finnish-speaking students in the second form of upper secondary schools, students in their second year at vocational schools and first-term nursing students, all from Helsinki. A random sample of 461 pupils was taken. Public health nurses working with the young people in the sample totalled seven. Data were collected with the help of a questionnaire in March 1986. The response rate was 100%. The research findings showed that there is a connection between a person's childhood experiences and self-esteem. The more support young people had received from their parents, the brighter their perception of their childhood and the better their chances of developing high self-esteem. The more a public health nurse had supported young people's self-esteem, the better they viewed the visits to as having met their expectations and the more ready they were to accept the public health nurse's help, which they also regarded as important. A public health nurse's support helped to strengthen young people's self-esteem. The findings will be used to increase public health nurses' opportunities to support the self-esteem of children, young people and their parents. Public health nurses' capacities to do this should be increased through education and supervision.
公共卫生护士在支持年轻人及其家庭的自尊方面处于关键地位。支持人们的自尊对民众的福祉至关重要。本研究的目的是调查童年经历与年轻人自尊之间的联系，以及与年轻人在这方面的期望相比，他们从公共卫生护士那里获得的帮助类型。研究对象包括来自赫尔辛基的高中二年级说芬兰语的学生、职业学校二年级的学生以及护理专业一年级的学生。随机抽取了461名学生作为样本。与样本中的年轻人合作的公共卫生护士共有7名。1986年3月借助问卷调查收集数据。回复率为100%。研究结果表明，一个人的童年经历与自尊之间存在联系。年轻人从父母那里得到的支持越多，他们对童年的看法就越积极，培养高自尊的机会也就越大。公共卫生护士对年轻人自尊的支持越多，他们对就诊经历就越满意，也就越愿意接受公共卫生护士的帮助，他们也认为这种帮助很重要。公共卫生护士的支持有助于增强年轻人的自尊。这些研究结果将用于增加公共卫生护士支持儿童、年轻人及其父母自尊的机会。应通过教育和监督提高公共卫生护士在这方面的能力。
