This article summarizes the efforts of the Department of Nursing Science, University of Tampere, Finland, to advance knowledge about family nursing over the past 15 years. Definitions of family, family nursing, and family nursing science are offered. Programs of research include families’ experiences of care received in health care settings, family violence and child maltreatment, and the psychometric development of instruments to assess family functioning and family health. Research is currently examining the effectiveness of family nursing interventions. Recommendations are offered to strengthen collaboration between family nursing researchers, educators, and practitioners at the local level and initiate greater collaboration between family researchers at the interdisciplinary and international levels.
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Halme, N., Tarkka, M.-T., Paavilainen, E., Nummi, T., & Åstedt-Kurki, P. (2009). The design and development of the Father-Child Instrument (FCI) for assessing the characteristics of fathers’ availability and engagement with their preschoolers. American Journal of Men’s Health, 4, 145-156.
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Rantanen, A., Kaunonen, M., Sintonen, H., Koivisto, A.-M., Åstedt-Kurki, P., & Tarkka, M.-T. ( 2008). Factors associated with health-related quality of life in patients and significant others one month after coronary artery bypass grafting. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17, 1742-1753.
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Salonen, P., Tarkka, M.-T., Åstedt-Kurki, P., Kellokumpu-Lehtinen, P., Luukkaala, T., & Kaunonen, M. ( 2009). Telephone intervention and quality of life in patients with breast cancer. Cancer Nursing, 33, 177-190.
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Tammentie, T., Paavilainen, E., Åstedt-Kurki, P., & Tarkka, M.-T. ( 2004). Family dynamics of postnatally depressed mothers-Discrepancy between expectations and reality. Journal of Clinical Nursing , 13, 65-74.
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Tammentie, T., Paavilainen, E., Tarkka, M.-T., & Åstedt-Kurki, P. (2009). Families’ experiences of interaction with the public health nurse at the child health clinic in connection with mother’s post-natal depression. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 16, 716-724.
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