Matthias J Witti, Jan M Zottmann, Birgit Wershofen, Jill E Thistlethwaite, Frank Fischer, Martin R Fischer
FINCA - a conceptual framework to improve interprofessional collaboration in health education and care
Frontiers in medicine
young children often accompanied parentcaregiver attending primary healthcare visits clinical procedures anthropometric measurements conducted parents typically involved childs anthropometric measurement collection recommendations parental involvement visits objective study describe parents experiences involved childs anthropometric measurements 10question survey comprised scaled openended questions selfadministered participants child anthropometric measurement collection including lengthheight weight head arm waist circumference survey data analyzed using general inductive approach thematic analysis surveys collected participating target kids primary care practice sites toronto canada survey respondents included 30 parents children 2 years age 30 parents children 25 years age 76 parents children aged 2 years 93 children aged 25 years rated overall experience involved childs anthropometric measurement enjoyable thoroughly enjoyable analysis openended survey questions revealed five themes 1 parent interest child growth 2 ease anthropometric measurement 3 extended clinic visit 4 child discomfort 5 interest participating research parents reported high degree enjoyment involved childs anthropometric measurements parent participation anthropometric measurement may improve parental satisfaction childrens primary healthcare future research may include assessing reliability measurements taken support parentcaregiver