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Child health care nurses\u2019 responsibility is to promote health and prevent ill-health in children, but because being overweight is stigmatized CHC-nurses find it difficult to talk to the parents about concerns over the children\u2019s weight, in fear of losing their trust.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The purpose of this study was to describe parents\u2019 experiences of when CHC-nurses introduce a conversation related to their child being overweight.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study was conducted via semi-structured interviews with nine parents and the data was analyzed using qualitative content analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The result showed that being overweight in childhood is a sensitive topic, and this is presented as four categories\n                      <jats:italic>A hard time coping<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>A desire to protect the Children<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>Changes of Parental Perspective<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>Trust - a mediating factor.<\/jats:italic>\n                      This is a sensitive topic for the parents, who have a hard time accepting the situation and place the blame on themselves, and the nurse\u2019s approach and relationship with the parents is of great importance for the outcome of the conversation.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Parents seem to have another perspective on health and weight than the healthcare providers, and both parents and CHC-nurses might benefit from an increased understanding of one another\u2019s view. Parents need to gain knowledge about how healthcare providers assess children\u2019s growth, and the CHC-nurses need to be aware about how to be responsive to the parents and allow them time to process the information. The focus should be on healthy lifestyle choices regardless of weight.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12889-024-20696-2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,20]],"date-time":"2024-11-20T11:58:45Z","timestamp":1732103925000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["An emotionally loaded subject \u2013 parents experiences when CHC-nurses introduce a conversation related to their child being overweight"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Marie","family":"Fridolfsson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anna","family":"Olsson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jenny","family":"Ericson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Catrin","family":"Borneskog","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Catrin Borneskog","family":"Sinclair","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"20696_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","unstructured":"Hadi H, Nurwanti E, Gittelsohn J, Arundhana AI, Astiti D, West KP Jr., Dibley MJ. 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