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- Title
The involvement of parents in the healthcare provided to hospitalzed children.
- Authors
de Melo, Elsa Maria de Oliveira Pinheiro; Ferreira, Pedro Lopes; de Lima, Regina Aparecida Garcia; de Mello, Débora Falleiros
- Abstract
Objective: to analyze the answers of parents and health care professionals concerning the involvement of parents in the care provided to hospitalized children. Method: exploratory study based on the conceptual framework of pediatric healthcare with qualitative data analysis. Results: three dimensions of involvement were highlighted: dally care provided to children, opinions concerning the involvement of parents, and continuity of care with aspects related to the presence and participation of parents, benefits to the child and family, information needs, responsibility, right to healthcare, hospital Infrastructure, care delivery, communication between the parents and health services, shared learning, and follow-up after discharge. Conclusion: the involvement of parents in the care provided to their children has many meanings for parents, nurses and doctors. Specific strategies need to be developed with and for parents in order to mobilize parental competencies and contribute to increasing their autonomy and decision-making concerning the care provided to children.
- Subjects
PORTUGAL; HOSPITAL care of children; CONTENT analysis; CONTINUUM of care; DECISION making; HOME care services; PATIENT-family relations; PEDIATRIC nursing; PEDIATRICIANS; RESEARCH; STATISTICAL sampling; PARENT attitudes; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (RLAE), 2014, Vol 22, Issue 3, p432
- ISSN
1518-8345
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0104-1169.3308.2434