Abstract
This article aims to clarify the experience of cooperation between public health nurses and nursery teachers and their mutual role expectations on the support to parents of "children of concern".
Methods: We conducted a semi-structured interview with 11 public health nurses and 12 nursery teachers by using the methodology for conceptualization of nursing.
Results: Public health nurses experienced "the progress of the support to parents by nursery teachers' offer of practical information" and had an "expectations of support that utilized nursery school teachers' daily contacts with mothers and children". They also held "nursery teachers' low level of awareness about the job of public health nurses, and the latter's doubt about their own roles". Nursery teachers had "the difficulty in feeling the significance of cooperation due to the feeling of a one-way attempt". There were also "expectations of support that utilized the professionalism of public health nurses as administrative and nursing posts".
Conclusion: Cooperation between public health nurses and nursery teachers contributed to fulfill the support to parents of "children of concern." It would be necessary to improve the conditions in which they can raise shared awareness of each role.
