This paper reports on an evaluation of health visitor trainers' experience of a cascade training programme delivered in Wales, UK. Health visitors used Driscoll's model (What, So What, Now What) to organise their feedback and an integrated competence model developed by Weeks et al. was used to analyse the feedback via category analysis of free text.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUK public health nurse assessment of family resilience is a necessary component of monitoring family health and children's development and identifying areas for change. This research was part of an exploration of Welsh public health nurses' understanding of 'family resilience' as a concept underpinning their practice. From it, the Family Resilience Assessment Instrument Tool (FRAIT www.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: A health visitor's ability to assess and analyse aspects of family resilience in daily practice is essential to enable practitioners to support families and facilitate positive lifestyle choices, and improve child health and developmental outcomes. The purpose of this research was to undertake an in-depth exploration of the concept of family resilience as understood by health visitors in Wales and to develop a concept map. This knowledge has been used to develop the Family Resilience Assessment Instrument Tool (FRAIT).
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