Strand Thale, Westergren Thomas
University of Stavanger, Norway.
University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.
Glob Qual Nurs Res. 2024 Jul 30;11:23333936241259246. doi: 10.1177/23333936241259246. eCollection 2024 Jan-Dec.
The Internet is increasingly being used as a health information resource. This meta-ethnography aimed to synthesize the literature on how parents of children aged below 5 years' experienced using the Internet for health information purposes. We employed an interpretive meta-synthesis approach-meta-ethnography-according to Noblit & Hare's seven phases. A total of 22 articles met the inclusion criteria, representing four continents and with 650 participants, mainly mothers. We analysed and synthesized the primary studies into the following lines-of-argument synthesis representing a novel conceptual understanding of the phenomenon: Parents experience the Internet as "A cyber partner for child caring" being a 24/7 available "go-to" among other confined sources. Parents find ways of "patching together" trustworthy information in solicitude for their child's health while navigating between trust and anxiety. They relate online and share their experiences and secrets without being rejected. Clinicians and parents may benefit from "partnering" with this resource.
互联网正越来越多地被用作一种健康信息资源。这项元民族志研究旨在综合有关5岁以下儿童的父母如何将互联网用于健康信息目的的文献。我们根据诺布利特和黑尔的七个阶段采用了一种解释性元综合方法——元民族志。共有22篇文章符合纳入标准，涉及四大洲，有650名参与者，主要是母亲。我们对这些初步研究进行分析和综合，形成了以下论证线综合，代表了对这一现象的一种全新概念理解：父母将互联网体验为“儿童护理的网络伙伴”，在其他有限的信息源中，它是一个随时可用的“求助对象”。父母在为孩子的健康担忧时，会想方设法“拼凑”可靠信息，同时在信任和焦虑之间徘徊。他们在网上交流，分享自己的经历和秘密，且不会被拒绝。临床医生和父母可能会从与这一资源“合作”中受益。
