Abstract
The purpose of this research was to analyze the results of questionaire to the parents of babyies with the cleft lip and palate (CLP) about our early support system in Kitakyushu City.
We obtained the following results about the effects and the problem of early support system and peer counseling.
1. We gave the questionaire to 144 families, and 103 families filled the questionaire. The ratio of return was 71.5%. They included 94 parents and one of the parents 6 (mothers 4, fathers 2), parent and grand mothers 3.
2. Most parents appreciated the explanations about the plastic surgery and the development and nursery just after delivery, and the early support system.
3. The useful explanations in family counseling were about the plastic surgery, the development of speech, the improvment of feeding and the speech therapy.
4. The lack of explanation in family counseling were about the cause and the heredity of CLP. This was remarkable in mothers.
5. The sooner the family counseling is the better it is for both parents and the later, the more family counseling is not enough. At every counseling time, mothers more than fathers said the counseling was delayed.6.8% of the parents obtained the cooperation of the other member of family, but small number of mothers were isolated in their home. More mothers than fathers couldn't adapt in their community.
6.29 fathers and 34 mothers said there was no support from the docter and the nurse until the early support started.
7. Peer counseling cases were 19, bilateral cleft lip and palate 3, unilateral 8, soft and hard cleft palate and soft cleft palate 6, cleft lip 2 (until 1995, december).
8. Many mothers estimated the peer counseling.
9. From above results, network include the peer counseling was necessary for mothers who can't adapt in their home and community.
