Young Carers and Unmet Support from School Health Nurses – A Population-Based Study in Finland
SAGE Publications
Pysyvä osoite
Verkkojulkaisu
Tiivistelmä
Children and adolescents in families experiencing illness or other health challenges often assume caregiving responsibilities. School health care professionals are well-positioned to identify and support these young carers, who are at risk of poorer well-being. The primary aim of this study is to examine the association between a caring relationship and receiving support from a school health nurse (SHN) among 16- to 18-year-olds in the general population. The second aim is to explore whether a caring relation, together with sociodemographic factors, explains unmet support needs from SHN. The original data source for this cross-sectional study is the School Health Promotion (SHP) study conducted in Finland in 2019. The target group for our study consisted of 1st- and 2nd-year students from vocational institutions and general upper secondary schools. The data contains 62,273 students, of whom almost 14% reported having a caring relationship on some scale.