Kontakt 2010, 12(2):136-143 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2010.018

Involvement of nurses in support of health and prevention of allergyNursing

Nikoleta Poliaková1,*, Mária Boledovičová2
1 Trenčianska univerzita Alexandra Dubčeka Trenčín, Fakulta zdravotníctva
2 Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, Fakulta sociálnych vied a zdravotníctva

The prevention is an unavoidable and important part of provisions focused on the control of the increasing frequency of allergic diseases. The authors of the contribution present results of a research aimed at establishing the extent of the involvement of nurses working at outpatient departments and taking the primary care of children and youth in support of the health and prevention of allergic diseases. The method was based on the use of a semi-structured questionnaire. The involvement of the nurses in the preventive care was expressed as a percent proportion of working hours devoted to consultation activities, visits to families, quality of the communication with parents, cooperation with institutions and participation in projects. The research sample included 95 nurses working at outpatient departments and taking the primary care of children and youth. The result of the research indicated that the highest involvement of nurses is achieved in the field of consultation activities. The nurses most frequently granted advices concerning breast-feeding and taking hygienic care of the skin. They were less frequently involved in performing services in the form of visits to families after deliveries of children. The lowest involvement of the nurses was encountered in the field of the cooperation with institutions and participation in projects. The involvement of the nurses in the prevention and support of health statistically significantly increased with increasing degree of their education. The results demonstrated that most services in the form of visits to families were provided by nurses who achieved the highest level of the education (p = 0.03). The cooperation with institutions statistically significantly increased with increasing level of the nurse education (p = 0.002). There was the most considerable cooperation with centres for mothers (p

Keywords: allergy; consultancy; communication; cooperation; age of nurses; duration of professional practice; education

Received: April 14, 2010; Accepted: May 21, 2010; Prepublished online: June 14, 2010; Published: June 14, 2012  Show citation

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Poliaková N, Boledovičová M. Involvement of nurses in support of health and prevention of allergy. Kontakt. 2010;12(2):136-143. doi: 10.32725/kont.2010.018.
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