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Benefits and Challenges of Implementing an Adaptation of Family Integrated Care in a Ugandan Setting.
- Source :
- Advances in Neonatal Care (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins); Apr2024, Vol. 24 Issue 2, p172-180, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: Family Integrated Care (FICare) integrates parents as partners in neonatal intensive care unit care. Our team adapted and implemented this approach in a Ugandan unit for hospitalized neonates. Purpose: This qualitative descriptive study examined the perceptions of mothers and healthcare professionals (HCPs) of the benefits and challenges of this new approach to care. Methods: Fifty-one mothers of hospitalized neonates born weighing greater than 2000 g participated in the program. They were taught to assess neonate danger signs, feeding, and weight. After discharge, a subsample (n = 15) participated in focus groups to explore benefits and challenges of their participation in care. Interviews with 8 HCPs were also conducted for the same purpose. Transcripts from focus groups and interviews were analyzed using inductive content analysis to describe the benefits and challenges from the perspectives of mothers and HCPs. Results: For mothers a benefit was decreased stress. Both mothers and HCPs reported that the knowledge and skills mothers acquired were a benefit as was their ability to apply these to the care of their neonate. Improved relations between mothers and HCPs were described, characterized by greater exchange of information and HCPs' attentiveness to mothers' assessments. Mothers felt ready for discharge and used their knowledge at home. HCPs noted a decrease in their workload. Challenges included the need for mothers to overcome fears about performing the tasks, their own wellbeing and literacy skills, and access to equipment. Implications for Practice: Mothers' participation in their neonates' care can have benefits for them and their neonate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EDUCATION of mothers
HEALTH literacy
PATIENTS' families
HUMAN services programs
QUALITATIVE research
FOCUS groups
MEDICAL personnel
INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
RESEARCH funding
NEONATAL intensive care units
INTERVIEWING
CONTENT analysis
NEONATAL intensive care
PATIENT care
ATTITUDES of mothers
HOSPITAL care of newborn infants
INFANT care
FAMILY-centered care
ATTITUDES of medical personnel
RESEARCH methodology
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
ABILITY
HOSPITAL health promotion programs
INTEGRATED health care delivery
PATIENT participation
TRAINING
EMPLOYEES' workload
WELL-being
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15360903
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Advances in Neonatal Care (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178040857
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ANC.0000000000001161