Journal article
Evaluation of the Family Integrated Care model of neonatal intensive care: a cluster randomized controlled trial in Canada and Australia
Abstract
BackgroundAdmission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) may disrupt parent-infant interaction with adverse consequences for infants and their families. Several family-centered care programs promote parent-infant interaction in the NICU; however, all of these retain the premise that health-care professionals should provide most of the infant’s care. Parents play a mainly supportive role in the NICU and continue to feel anxious and …
Authors
O’Brien K; Bracht M; Robson K; Ye XY; Mirea L; Cruz M; Ng E; Monterrosa L; Soraisham A; Alvaro R
Journal
BMC Pediatrics, Vol. 15, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2015
DOI
10.1186/s12887-015-0527-0
ISSN
1471-2431