"Kuuluu se sinne"

Abstract

Tämä opinnäytetyö käsittelee Ankkurin pilottineuvolan asiakkaiden kokemuksia sosionomin palvelusta neuvolassa. Opinnäytetyö on Lahden Perhe -hankkeen tilaama ja haastateltavat perheet saatiin Ankkurin neuvolan sosionomin kautta. Tarkoituksena on kuvata asiakkaiden näkemyksiä sosionomin palvelusta neuvolassa ja palvelun vaikutuksesta asiakkaiden hyvinvointiin ja arkeen. Tutkimukseen osallistui seitsemän perhettä, joita haastateltiin perheiden kotona. Aineiston keruussa käytettiin puolistrukturoitua kyselylomaketta. Haastattelutilanteissa tehtiin tarkentavia lisäkysymyksiä. Opinnäytetyö toteutettiin kvalitatiivisena tutkimuksena ja aineiston analysoitiin sisällönanalyysin avulla. Tutkimuksen mukaan suurimalla osalla haastateltavista ei ollut ennakkomielikuvia neuvolaa kohtaan. Sosionomista neuvolassa he olivat saaneet tietoa kotipalvelulta tai terveydenhoitajalta. Suurin osa haastateltavista koki sosionomin palvelut neuvolassa tärkeinä ja tarpeellisina. He saivat sosionomilta tukea ja keskusteluapua, jonka avulla he jaksoivat perheensä arjessa. Myös sosionomin ulkopuolinen näkökanta parisuhde- ja perhe-elämän asioihin oli haastateltavien mielestä tärkeää. Tutkimuksen mukaan sosionomin tarjoama tuki perheille on parantanut perheiden jaksamista ja lapsiperheet kokevat neuvolan tärkeänä osana perheensä arkea.

In this thesis I focus on early interaction and the impact of songs and rhymes on the early interaction. I study whether a person outside the family can affect the early interaction between the mother and the baby by using songs and rhymes. In this thesis I first study the theory of early interaction. I have also collected information on the effect of music on the fetus and later development of the child. I founded a music playschool group, which included five pregnant mothers. We met four times before the birth and one time after the birth of the children. During the meetings I gave the mothers information on the meaning of songs and rhymes to the early interaction between the mother and the baby. I also gave the mothers information on the baby's skills to be part of early interaction. In addition during the meetings we sang, danced and moved along with music. The meetings always started with the listening of a piece of music. The goal of this study was to evaluate if the music playschool meetings motivated the pregnant mothers to sing and rhyme to their baby and to evaluate if these meetings had a positive effect on early interaction. I collected information from mothers by a questionnaire. I also collected information by email and discussion with the mothers during the music playschool meetings. The mothers who took part in this study all had previous children. They were used to singing and rhyming to their children. I offered the mothers new songs and rhymes and encouraged them to use their own voice. The mothers thought that music play-school is most useful to mothers who are pregnant for their first child. In spite of this they all thought that music playschool was a good experience. The mothers remem-bered songs that they had already forgotten. They were also more aware of the positive effect of singing on the early interaction between the baby and the mother. It was not important to use the songs that I taught them but to use songs that the mothers felt good with. This music playschool succeeded and I intend to found similar groups in the future.