Health visitor and community health nurse perspectives of supporting parents caring for unsettled babies: a qualitative interview study
Policy makers need to organise services to value and support the role of the health visiting team in 'containment'. HVs identified a training need around assessing and advising about unsettled babies to place them in a stronger position to support families. Further research is needed into different models of support for families of unsettled babies from the wider primary care team and/or from digital services.
Authors
- Miriam Santer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7264-5260)
- I. Muller
- Sascha Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1949-5774)
- Kate Henaghan‐Sykes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7466-2624)
- Sue K. Adams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1682-2191)
- Samantha Hornsey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1521-248X)
- Amy Dobson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7795-2232)
- Sue Latter
- Lucy Smith
Institutions
- Solent NHS Trust (GB)
- University of Southampton (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-101051
- Primary Topic
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- NIHR School for Primary Care Research