Chapter 7: We Were the Only Ones Still Seeing Families, We Just had to Be Creative About How! A Reflection on Health Visiting Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Published:2024
Frances Gunn, 2024. "We Were the Only Ones Still Seeing Families, We Just had to Be Creative About How! A Reflection on Health Visiting Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic", Care and Coronavirus: Perspectives on Childhood, Youth and Family, Tom Disney, Lucy Grimshaw
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Abstract
This practitioner chapter is a reflection on how health visitors (HVs) working in a health and social care partnership (HSCP) in Scotland worked safely and innovatively throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to build and sustain professional relationships with families and uphold children's rights, continuing to empower and support families despite the necessary restrictions. HVs shared their lived experiences of working through the pandemic in a variety of ways including contributing to data collection for the author’s PhD research and through reflective discussion. All quotes within this reflection are anonymised.
