Mothers who engaged with the ‘New families’ home visit programme, had more frequent contact with child health centres. But more than a third of all the mothers reported that they had received inadequate information from public authorities about the child health centre’s services.

RNs in the primary healthcare service showed that they can be highly adaptable in a crisis. Preparedness, infection control plans and support in their daily work were critical to how well they dealt with the pandemic.

Sykepleiere i kommunehelsetjenesten viste at de har kapasitet til omfattende omstilling i en krise. Beredskap, smitteplan og støtte i arbeidshverdagen avgjorde hvor godt de håndterte den.