Little Moira Catherine
Edge Hill University, UK
J Child Health Care. 2015 Sep;19(3):370-80. doi: 10.1177/1367493513509032. Epub 2013 Nov 21.
This exploratory, qualitative study was designed to be the first stage of an action research project to investigate whether graduates from BSc children's nursing programmes are sufficiently prepared to assess children's emotional health. Early identification of children's and young people's emotional problems is important for timely interventions to be initiated. Data were gathered from a focus group and a series of semi-structured interviews and interpreted using thematic analysis approaches. The findings indicated those interviewed can recognise when a child was emotionally unwell, reporting that assessments were brief, subjective and completed without the use of age-appropriate assessment tools. It is concluded that assessment of a child's emotional health appears to take low priority in comparison to its physical counterpart.
这项探索性的定性研究旨在作为一项行动研究项目的第一阶段，以调查护理学学士儿童护理专业的毕业生是否为评估儿童的情绪健康做好了充分准备。尽早识别儿童和青少年的情绪问题对于及时开展干预措施至关重要。数据通过焦点小组和一系列半结构化访谈收集，并采用主题分析方法进行解读。研究结果表明，接受访谈的人员能够识别儿童情绪不佳的情况，并报告称评估过程简短、主观，且在未使用适合儿童年龄的评估工具的情况下完成。研究得出的结论是，与儿童身体健康评估相比，儿童情绪健康评估似乎未得到足够重视。
