Information needs of parents for acute childhood illness: determining 'what, how, where and when' of safety netting using a qualitative exploration with parents and clinicians.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the views of parents and clinicians regarding the optimal content, format and delivery of safety netting information for acute childhood illness.

Design

Qualitative study including semistructured focus groups and interviews.

Setting

First contact care settings, community centres, children's centres and nurseries in the Midlands, UK.

Participants

27 parents from a travelling community, Asian British community and white British community. Sixteen clinicians including 10 doctors and 6 nurses from a general practice surgery, an out-of-hours service and two emergency departments (paediatric and combined adult and paediatric).

Results

Participants described a need for safety netting to contain information on signs and symptoms of serious a

SUBMITTER: Jones CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3902331 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature