Adjusting and doing the same: school nurses’ descriptions of promoting participation in health visits with children of foreign origin

Table 2 Characteristics of respondents

Characteristic	n	(%)
Sex (n = 673)
Female	664	98.7
Male	7	1.0
Other / will not report	2	0.3
Age (n = 665; Mean = 50.3 (SD: 9.1))
< 40 years	105	15.8
41–50 years	214	32.2
51–60 years	259	38.9
61 < years	87	13.1
Clinical experience in SHC (n = 673; Mean = 8.4 (SD: 7.3))
0–5 years	306	45.5
6–10 years	145	21.5
11–15 years	106	15.8
16 < years	116	17.2
Country of origin (n = 671)
Sweden	632	94.2
Nordic country (Sweden excluded)	16	2.4
European country (Nordic countries excluded)	14	2.1
Country outside Europe	9	1.3
Spoken languages (n = 669)
Swedish	59	8.8
One additional language	350	52.3
Two or more additional languages	260	38.9
Specialist education (n = 666)
Public health nursing^a	339	50.9
Pediatric nursing^a	180	27.0
School nursing^a	65	9.8
Public health and pediatric nursing^a	24	3.6
Other specialist education	34	5.1
No specialist education	24	3.6
Frequency of encountering children of foreign origin (n = 673)
Once or several times a day	282	41.9
Once or several times a week	189	28.1
Once or several times a month	131	19.5
Less than once a month	71	10.5

ISSN: 1471-2458