Parenting through place-of-care disruptions: A qualitative study of parents' experiences of neonatal care.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Neonatal care is complex, involving multiple people and technologies within a community of care. When preterm babies are cared for far from home and/or transferred between units, the whole community of care (and particularly parent participation) is disrupted. Although previous studies have captured subjective experiences of parents, there has been little research exploring the material practices undertaken by parents as a consequence of place-of-care decisions, or the social organisation of those practices.

Methods

As part of a wider study exploring optimal place-of-care, semistructured interviews were conducted between July 2018 and October 2019 with 48 parents (36 families) with one or more preterm babies (born at 27-31 weeks gestation) cared for in a neonata

SUBMITTER: Cupit C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10726285 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature