title: Facilitating a multidisciplinary parent support & education group guided by Allen's developmental health nursing model.
abstract: Parents are generally the primary source of support and nurturing for children experiencing an eating disorder; yet, they often feel blamed for the illness. Guided by the developmental health model, the group focused on parents' competence and helped them share solutions; reframed situations related to development in adolescence and mid-life; and shifted the emphasis to process to help parents understand behaviors. Parents became partners in helping their children recover by sharing solutions and creating learning opportunities from adversity.
authors.affiliation: York County Hospital, Newmarket, Ontario, She also practices community health nursing at York Region Public Health in Ontario, USA.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Melrose
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D010290:Parents; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012944:Social Support