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    The needs of parents of hospitalised children in Australia

    115179_115179NEEDS%20OF%20PARENTS%20Australia%20JCHCedit%20July%202007.pdf (141.2Kb)
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    Open access
    Authors
    Shields, Linda
    Young, J.
    McCann, D.
    Date
    2008
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Abstract

    The aim of this study was to compare the perceptions of needs held byparents of hospitalized children with those held by the staff caring forthem. Family-centred care is a central tenet of paediatrics and shouldencompass all aspects of the child and family?s experience of hospitalization.Important to this are the needs of parents when their children arehospitalized. A widely used and validated tool was used with a conveniencesample in paediatric facilities in a children?s hospital in Australia. Somedifferences were found between parents and staff for scores for perceivedimportance of the 51 needs included in the questionnaire, and whether ornot they were being met satisfactorily during children?s hospital admission,although there were no consistent patterns. Parents declared themselvesmore independent than the staff perceived them to be. These findingsfacilitate improvements in communication between parents and staff andcan be included in education programmes for both.

    Citation
    Shields, Linda and Young, Jeanine and McCann, Damhnat. 2008. The needs of parents of hospitalised children in Australia. Journal of Child Health Care 12 (1): 60-75.
    Source Title
    Journal of Child Health Care
    DOI
    10.1177/1367493507085619
    ISSN
    1367 4935
    Faculty
    School of Nursing and Midwifery
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    Remarks

    The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in Journal of Child Health Care, Vol 12/Issue 1, March 2008 by SAGE Publications Ltd, All rights reserved. ©2008 [Shields, Linda]

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31715
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    • Curtin Research Publications

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