Discipine of Paediatrics, Adelaide Medical School, the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; SAHMRI Women and Kids, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia; Neonatal Unit, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia; Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
Discipine of Paediatrics, Adelaide Medical School, the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; SAHMRI Women and Kids, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia; School of Psychology, the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
Patient Educ Couns. 2024 Feb;119:108058. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2023.108058. Epub 2023 Nov 10.
To describe child development knowledge needs, priorities, and preferences for education to enhance developmental literacy among parents with children admitted to the neonatal unit (NNU).
Two separate cohorts completed a survey; 1) Parents with children graduated from Australian NNUs (n = 316); 2) Parents with infants' inpatient at two South Australian NNUs (n = 209).
Parents considered it extremely important to understand child development (Graduates: 80%; Inpatients: 71%). Inpatient parents reported lower child development knowledge. Almost half (42%) of graduate parents described the child development education provided by neonatal staff as poor or inadequate. There was consistency in preferences for developmental literacy education provision. Parents desired education to commence during NNU and continue post discharge. Priorities included content specific to preterm birth and how to support child development over the first two years of life. Individualised education by a Neonatal Nurse/Midwife was most preferred.
Mothers and fathers value guidance to support their child's development during NNU admission and early childhood. Our study highlights the importance of improved early developmental literacy education for parents with children admitted to the neonatal unit.
Our findings can be used to inform the creation of future educational resources targeting improved parent developmental literacy.
描述儿童发展知识需求、教育优先事项和偏好，以提高新生儿重症监护病房（NNU）患儿父母的发育素养。
两个独立的队列完成了一项调查；1）澳大利亚 NNU 毕业的儿童父母（n=316）；2）南澳大利亚两家 NNU 住院婴儿的父母（n=209）。
父母认为了解儿童发展极其重要（毕业生：80%；住院病人：71%）。住院病人的儿童发展知识报告较低。近一半（42%）的毕业生父母表示，新生儿工作人员提供的儿童发展教育很差或不足。对于发育素养教育的提供，存在一致性的偏好。父母希望在 NNU 期间开始教育，并在出院后继续进行。优先事项包括特定于早产的内容以及如何在生命的头两年支持儿童发展。新生儿护士/助产士的个性化教育最受欢迎。
母亲和父亲重视在 NNU 住院期间和幼儿期为孩子的发展提供指导。我们的研究强调了为新生儿重症监护病房患儿父母提供更好的早期发育素养教育的重要性。
我们的研究结果可用于为提高父母发育素养而创建未来教育资源提供信息。
