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Evaluation of a Storybook Resource for Parents in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
- Source :
- Journal of Perinatal Education; Fall2018, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p220-232, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- This project evaluates the acceptability and utilityof a storybook, entitled Unexpected: Parents' Experience of Preterm Birth , as an educational resource for parents in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Forty-nine parents were recruited from Level II and Level III NICUs and completed several questionnaires; a subset of 11 parents also participated in focused qualitative interviews. Almost all parents experienced the characters as believable and agreed/strongly agreed that the stories accurately portray what it is like to be a parent in the NICU. The multiple narrators offer different perspectives of the NICU experience, which helped to normalize their experience and reminded them that they were not alone. Participants reported learning something new from the storybook and would recommend it to others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EDUCATION of parents
BOOKS
COMMUNICATION
PREMATURE infants
INTERVIEWING
RESEARCH methodology
NEONATAL intensive care
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH
STORYTELLING
SURVEYS
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
EDINBURGH Postnatal Depression Scale
EDUCATIONAL attainment
NEONATAL intensive care units
PARENT attitudes
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10581243
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Perinatal Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 132514630
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1891/1058-1243.27.4.220