Child Health Service Nurses' Experiences of Providing Support to Parents With Overweight During Clinical Encounters About Their Child's Overweight—a Qualitative Study
This study highlights how CHS nurses perceive both challenges and responsibility in addressing childhood overweight, difficulties that intensify when parents themselves have overweight. The findings suggest that while striving to fulfil their role and balance professional responsibility with maintaining a supportive and caring approach, CHS nurses' are sometimes shaped by weight stigma.
Authors
- Elzana Odzakovic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8163-5045)
- Eric A. Hodges (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4358-4398)
- Maria Björk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6419-2417)
- Anne Christenson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8519-8778)
- Julia Lindblom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3216-6259)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Obesity Medicine Association (US)
- Jönköping University (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Child Care Health and Development
- Published
- 2025-12-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.70200
- Primary Topic
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00