Parent and healthcare professional experiences of critical congenital heart disease in New Zealand to advance health equity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Higher odds of survival have been reported in European infants compared to Indigenous Māori and Pasifika infants with critical congenital heart disease in New Zealand. We therefore aimed to understand how to mitigate this disparity by investigating the parent and healthcare professional experiences' of critical congenital heart disease healthcare in New Zealand.

Methods

A prospective qualitative study utilising semi-structured interviews was conducted on a cohort of purposefully sampled parents and health professionals with experience of critical congenital heart disease healthcare in New Zealand. Parents were recruited after a fetal critical congenital heart disease diagnosis and offered two interviews at least three months apart, whilst multidisciplinary fetal a

SUBMITTER: Watkins S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11348529 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature