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Systematic ethnography of school-age children with bleeding disorders and other chronic illnesses: exploring children's perceptions of partnership roles in family-centred care of their chronic illness.
- Source :
- Child: Care, Health & Development; Nov2012, Vol. 38 Issue 6, p863-869, 7p, 1 Diagram
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Purpose In this qualitative study, school-age children between 7 and 11 years, living with a bleeding disorder or other chronic illness, defined how they understand their partnership role in family-centred care (FCC), and recommended FCC strategies. Methods This systematic ethnography had three phases: unstructured interviews explored how children understood FCC partnership roles (phase I); document review provided FCC institutional context (phase II); and validation interviews generated FCC partnership recommendations (phase III). This study took place within the area served by a Western Canadian children's hospital. Interviews were held at the hospital or children's home. In phase I, purposive sampling was used to recruit children receiving outpatient care for a bleeding disorder ( n= 4) or another chronic illness ( n= 4). In phase II, policies and legislation were compared with how children understand their FCC partnership role. In phase III, validation interviews were conducted with children ( n= 3) to confirm domains and generate FCC supporting strategies. Data collection and analysis were based on domain analysis and qualitative ethnographic content analysis. Results Phase I outcomes included seven domains regarding how children understood their role as partners in FCC: my best interests, virtues, talking and listening, being involved, knowing, making decisions and being connected. Phase II outcomes revealed how these domains were represented in institutional contexts. Phase III outcomes confirmed domains and generated key strategies to support children's role as FCC partners through graphic representation of FCC as a treasure map, interactive workshop and online game. Conclusions School-age children, living with a bleeding disorder or other chronic illness, similarly want to learn how to be FCC partners by developing competence as healthcare team members, identifying their own best interests, learning how to communicate with 'grown-ups', clarifying roles and goals, and guided opportunities for decision making. Facilitating school-age children's FCC partnership roles is worthy to explore in youth transition programmes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ATTITUDE (Psychology)
CHRONIC diseases
CONTENT analysis
DECISION making
DISEASES
FAMILY medicine
HEMORRHAGE
INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
INTERVIEWING
PATIENTS
CULTURAL pluralism
SOUND recordings
ADULT education workshops
ETHNOLOGY research
QUALITATIVE research
JUDGMENT sampling
DATA analysis software
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03051862
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Child: Care, Health & Development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 82334927
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2011.01310.x