Lugar: Edinburgo
Fechas: 14-18 de Junio, 2014
Tipo de participación: Exposición de póster y presentación
oral
Idioma:
Inglés
Presenta:
Rosa Maria Mendizabal Espinosa, Institute of Education, London University.
Abstract:
Health
providers’ views on parental involvement in a Mexican neonatal intensive care
unit
Increasing evidence suggests the importance of
parental involvement in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Many
strategies have been successfully developed to promote physical and emotional
contact between parents and babies in hospitals around the world. Some
countries are still finding it difficult to promote these strategies for a
variety of reasons.
A questionnaire was developed in order to
understand how NICU staff perceive benefits and risks of parental involvement
in the NICU, and to address their own needs when working together with parents.
Ninety health professionals, mainly doctors and nurses, from a level III NICU
in Mexico were invited to participate. Five main areas were covered: views
about parental involvement; perceptions about preterm babies’ physical and
emotional needs; views about staff members’ role in facilitating parents-infant
relationships; perceptions around the physical environment and areas of
improvement in the unit.
Eighty three questionnaires were returned. Initial
results show that staff recognise parents’ ability to calm and comfort their
babies even if they don’t view parental involvement as positive. Additionally,
health professionals from this unit thought babies can differentiate parents
from other people, even if they considered that only trained people should care
for a fragile infant. Adjusting the environment is perceived as important in
order to provide better quality of care, especially: light and noise levels,
ventilation and appropriate space for both parents and staff to rest. The lack
of economic resources and lack of support from managers are viewed as important
barriers.
Results suggest that staff from this unit recognise
parents as valuable members and acknowledge babies’ needs of being close to them;
however they identify barriers in the physical and social environment which
prevent them from working together. Further steps will be to analyse and
develop strategies of collaborative work between parents and staff.
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