A web-based educational intervention to implement trauma-informed care in a paediatric healthcare setting: protocol for a feasibility study using pre-post mixed methods design

Abstract

Background: Adoption of responsive trauma-informed practices by staff in hospital-based paediatric care may help mitigate downstream costs associated with treatment delivery due to reduced pain and distress for children and care providers, improved health-related quality of life and increased satisfaction with care. A web-based education intervention (termed Responsive CARE) was developed to build self-efficacy of staff in a paediatric medical setting. This protocol paper describes a feasibility study (including preliminary effectiveness) of the implementation of Responsive CARE in a tertiary, outpatient burn clinical setting.

Understanding the meaning of trauma-informed care for burns health care professionals in a pediatric hospital: A qualitative study using interpretive phenomenological analysis

“…Qualitative interview data was collected as part of a larger pre-post, mixed methods design examining a trauma-informed care intervention targeting staff education in a burns centre [17]. Qualitative data was collected throughout the study period.…”

Trauma‐informed care in acute mental health units through the lifeworld of mental health nurses: A phenomenological study

“…In Australia, at both state and federal levels, TIC has been identified as a priority in several strategic plans and recommendations from public inquiries and TIC research (Isobel, Wilson, Gill, & Howe, 2020; Isobel, Wilson, Gill, Schelling, & Howe, 2020; National Mental Health Commission, 2014; Productivity Commission, 2020). The implementation of TIC in acute mental health settings is reported to have positive outcomes regarding improved experiences of care for consumers of mental health (Nizum et al, 2020), staff wellbeing (Fleishman et al, 2019; Simons et al, 2020), decreases in seclusion and restraint (Azeem et al, 2017; Bendall et al, 2021), involuntary mental health treatment and other coercive practices (Mihelicova et al, 2018; Palfrey et al, 2018). Despite these assertions, there remains a wide variation in the implementation, education, measurement and evaluation of TIC (Champine et al, 2019).…”