Thorslund Karin, Hanse Jan Johansson, Axberg Ulf
Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
BMC Public Health. 2014 Oct 11;14:1064. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1064.
Young children in Sweden have good general health in comparison to children in other European countries. In contrast, teenagers display poorer mental health. Parental support is now being made available on a universal level in Sweden in order to promote youngsters general psychological health. The aim of this study was to examine (1) to what extent the parents were interested in various forms of municipality-based parental support programs; (2) whether there were any differences between mothers and fathers as regards their interest in municipality-based parental support programs; and (3) if there were any differences between high to non-users of the Internet as an information source in their parenting, regarding their interest in municipality-based parental support programs.
The study was based on a random sample of parents in 15 municipalities in Sweden. Telephone interviews were conducted with 1744 parents. The information collected included the parent's gender, number of children, age of children, what municipality-based support parents would be interested in, and information about the use of the Internet as an information source in their parenting.
The results showed that there was a significant difference between mothers and fathers regarding interest in parental support, with mothers being more interested in all forms of parental support except a webpage for parents. Additionally, the results show that high frequent use of the Internet as an information source in their parenting was associated with high interest in municipality-based parental support.
Parents who are active in seeking web-based information about their child and parenting are also parents interested in various kinds of parental support. The municipality is generally better at evoking the interest of mothers than fathers concerning all forms of support, except a webpage with information for parents. Municipalities should develop attractive and informative webpages for parents, with some information specifically addressing fathers.
与其他欧洲国家的儿童相比，瑞典的幼儿总体健康状况良好。相比之下，青少年的心理健康状况较差。目前瑞典正在普及父母支持服务，以促进青少年的总体心理健康。本研究的目的是调查：（1）父母对各种形式的基于市政的父母支持计划的感兴趣程度；（2）母亲和父亲在对基于市政的父母支持计划的兴趣方面是否存在差异；（3）在育儿过程中，作为信息来源，频繁使用互联网的父母与不常使用互联网的父母在对基于市政的父母支持计划的兴趣方面是否存在差异。
该研究基于瑞典15个市政当局的父母随机样本。对1744名父母进行了电话访谈。收集的信息包括父母的性别、子女数量、子女年龄、父母对哪些基于市政的支持感兴趣，以及在育儿过程中作为信息来源使用互联网的相关信息。
结果表明，母亲和父亲在对父母支持的兴趣方面存在显著差异，除了父母网页外，母亲对所有形式的父母支持更感兴趣。此外，结果表明，在育儿过程中频繁将互联网作为信息来源与对基于市政的父母支持的高兴趣相关。
积极在网上搜索有关孩子和育儿信息的父母，也对各种形式的父母支持感兴趣。除了为父母提供信息的网页外，市政当局在唤起母亲对各种形式支持的兴趣方面通常比父亲做得更好。市政当局应为父母开发有吸引力且信息丰富的网页，其中一些信息应专门针对父亲。
