The benefits of book gifting schemes for infants, parents and families, are well documented. While book gifting schemes operate around the world, and are delivered in different ways (e.g., postal services, local libraries, maternity hospitals and community centres), little is known about the benefits and challenges for those involved in delivering the schemes. This mixed methods study, based on a book gifting scheme in Ireland, reports findings from public health nurses (PHNs) regarding their involvement in an infant book gifting scheme. PHNs incorporated the delivery of an infant book gifting pack, and information leaflets about reading with infants, into their regular infant developmental health checks at 3 months and at 7-9 months. The findings from over 300 developmental checks indicate that participating PHNs were positive overall regarding their involvement in the scheme. Despite their heavy workload, in general, PHNs reported they had sufficient time available during the health checks to incorporate the book gifting. They highlighted the benefit of the scheme for parents and infants but also for PHNs themselves and their professional practice. The present paper discusses the findings in the context of ecological systems theory, notably, the role of the PHN in supporting infants and parents, and considers the implications of the findings for the delivery of infant book gifting schemes.

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“这是从公共卫生护士那里得到的一份可爱的礼物”：公共卫生护士对参与婴儿书籍赠送计划的看法


书籍赠送计划对婴儿、父母和家庭的好处是有据可查的。虽然图书赠送计划在世界各地开展，并以不同的方式提供（例如邮政服务、当地图书馆、妇产医院和社区中心），但人们对参与提供这些计划的人的好处和挑战知之甚少。这项混合方法研究以爱尔兰的一项图书赠送计划为基础，报告了公共卫生护士 (PHN) 参与婴儿图书赠送计划的调查结果。 PHN 将婴儿图书礼包和与婴儿一起阅读的信息传单的发放纳入到 3 个月和 7-9 个月婴儿的定期发育健康检查中。 300 多项发育检查的结果表明，参与该计划的 PHN 总体上持积极态度。尽管工作量很大，但一般来说，PHN 表示，他们在健康检查期间有足够的时间来进行图书赠送活动。他们强调了该计划对父母和婴儿以及 PHN 本身及其专业实践的好处。本文在生态系统理论的背景下讨论了这些发现，特别是 PHN 在支持婴儿和父母方面的作用，并考虑了这些发现对婴儿图书赠送计划的影响。