Improving health, wellbeing and parenting skills in parents of children with special health care needs and medical complexity - a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parenting children with special health care needs can be challenging particularly if children have complex conditions. Parents may struggle to manage their child's health and their own emotions, contributing to poorer health outcomes for the family. Frequent healthcare contact presents opportunities to intervene, but current evidence review is limited. This review scopes and synthesizes interventions to improve health, wellbeing and parenting skills.

Methods

Using formal scoping review methodology MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, The Cochrane Library, ERIC, ASSIA, HMIC and OpenGrey were searched to February 2017. Citations were double screened according to predetermined eligibility criteria. Data were extracted and synthesized on study design, population, measur

SUBMITTER: Bradshaw S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6716943 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature