Benefits of video home training on families' health and interaction: evaluation based on follow-up visits.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study is to describe the benefits of video home training on families' health and interaction from the perspective of parents six months after the training.


BACKGROUND
There is hardly any empirical knowledge of how a resource-enhancing approach could be used in nursing practice and how nursing in a home context affects the families' health outcomes and interaction.


METHODS
The study was designed as a descriptive qualitative service evaluation.


METHODS
Fifteen families with 66 family members participated in the study. The study material consisted of videotapes recorded at homes and family service plans produced during the process of the video home training. The data were analysed by qualitative content analysis and by the method of analysing photographs and videotapes.


RESULTS
Video home training was found to bring about many positive effects on families' health and interaction. The families had reached their goals related to parenthood, relationship between the partners, childcare skills and child-rearing skills.


CONCLUSIONS
The entire family benefited from the video home training. Video home training can be recommended in providing families with early support and anticipating and preventing family problems.


CONCLUSIONS
Video home training is applicable to family nursing owing to the concrete and interactive nature of the method. It supports the realisation of family centredness and family orientation.
Häggman-Laitila
Arja
A
Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland. arja.haggman-laitila@metropolia.fi
Seppänen
Raija
R
Vehviläinen-Julkunen
Katri
K
Pietilä
Anna-Maija
AM
D000328:Adult; D032763:Behavior Control; D005192:Family Health; D005195:Family Relations; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting; D014743:Videotape Recording