Brazilian Mothers’ Experiences of Home Care for Their Low Birth Weight Infants

Transition from hospital to home is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon for parents of prematurely born infants (<37 weeks of gestation). The absence of a clear conceptualization of this particular transition coupled with the challenges parents have when they return home and higher costs of healthcare service usage postdischarge dictates the need for a better understanding of this phenomenon. A literature review was undertaken using Whittemore and Knafl's theoretical framework for integrative review as a guide. A systematic search of the electronic databases (PsycINFO, PubMed, Medline, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, EMBASE, Cochrane Database for Systematic Reviews, and EBSCO) was performed. Fifty selected reports of research conducted on parents of preterm infants during 1980-2014 are included in this article. Five themes emerged from the review-disruption of parental role development, distorted development of parent-infant relationships, psychological consequences of a preterm birth and infant hospitalization, learning caregiving and parenting, and need for social and professional supports-which appear to reflect parental challenges during transition from hospital to home after discharge. Several inconsistencies in results of the studies dictate the need for further research in this vulnerable population; the better conceptualization and measurement of transitional challenges are warranted.

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Seguimento de enfermagem: monitorando indicadores infantis na saúde da família

Mello¹,

Barros

Pinto³

et al. 2009

Acta paul. enferm.

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Results:The children were at risk for health problems and a significant number of their mothers were teenagers with more than 3 children. Health care provided by the program of family health consisted of an increase in the amount of prenatal care, expansion of breastfeeding support and coverage, vaccination, and foot testing. Conclusion: Nursing and other professionals care has been very important in improving the children's health indicators. Monitoring health indicators can promote adequate child care; particularly, among children attending a program of family health.

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Brazilian Mothers’ Experiences of Home Care for Their Low Birth Weight Infants

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