Meaning of wellness in caring science based on Rodgers's evolutionary concept analysis.

Background: Wellness is a holistic, multidimensional, and process-oriented property on a continuum. It has been used interchangeably with and is undifferentiated from concepts such as health and well-being without an in-depth clarification of its theoretical foundations and a reflection on its meaning. The concept of wellness is frequently used, but its definition remains unclear.

Expecting parents' use of digital sources in preparation for parenthood in a digitalised society - a systematic review.

Background: In today's society, people are experiencing the rapid development of digitalisation. Expecting parents may have difficulties evaluating the information online; they are not always sure which sources of information are trustworthy, and this exacerbates their feelings of anxiety. More research is needed to broaden the knowledge about how their use of digital sources may influence their health.

The concept, importance and values of support during childbearing and breastfeeding - A discourse paper.

Background: Professional support in childbearing has beneficial effects on childbirth experience, interactions within the family, breastfeeding and medical outcomes. However, more knowledge is needed about prerequisites for professional support to be valuable and satisfactory during childbearing.

Aim: The aim of this discourse paper is to describe and explore prerequisites for professional support that are of value for women and their families during childbearing as well as how healthcare organizations can be formed to facilitate these prerequisites.

Parents' Experiences of Receiving Professional Support Through Extended Home Visits During Pregnancy and Early Childhood-A Phenomenographic Study.

While becoming a parent can be challenging for all, it can particularly be challenging for those parents and children who are in a vulnerable situation-e.g., in families whose members have problems related to health, relationships, or socioeconomic status.

Midwives' Experiences of Providing the "Inspirational Lecture" as a Care Intervention for Expectant Parents-A Qualitative Study.

In most Western countries, ordinary parental classes exist and have become a well-established form of professional support within midwifery care, even though some of these classes lack evidence of benefits for the parents. A Swedish randomized controlled trial including an intervention as a pilot study, revealed that a type of parental preparatory professional support provided for expectant parents, the "inspirational lecture," showed a tendency to be beneficial for parents' birth experience, and their perceived quality of parental couple relationship. However, there is no previous research on the midwives' experiences from providing the inspirational lecture.