Children discharged from neonatal intensive care: implications for the social care networks

Objective: to understand the social care networks of children discharged from Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Methods: qualitative study conducted in the home of six families of seven children. In data collection, authors used the triangulation of techniques with thematic content analysis. Results: fa...

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Main Authors: Maria Licele do Nascimento, Greice Machado Pieszak, Andrea Moreira Arrué, Sandra Ost Rodrigues Martins Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2016-10-01
Series:Rev Rene
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Online Access:https://www.periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/6210
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Summary:Objective: to understand the social care networks of children discharged from Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Methods: qualitative study conducted in the home of six families of seven children. In data collection, authors used the triangulation of techniques with thematic content analysis. Results: family composition is nuclear, social networks are formed by the support of family, leisure and spiritual ties, by school and hospital institutions. The families reported the challenges of caring for a premature baby, and the main care demands were respiratory, motor and cognitive. The non-effective communication between professionals and family showed negative impact on hospitalization and home care. Conclusion: social care networks for children discharged from the Neonatal Intensive Care unit proved to be disjointed and health care for children and family proved to be fragmented.
ISSN:1517-3852
2175-6783