Perceptions and expectations of parents regarding their position in a French NICU: quantitative and qualitative approaches.

Objectives: To assess perceptions, expectations, and concerns of parents of preterm infants regarding their position during hospital admission in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Design: Data were analysed from two studies, using complementary methods (quantitative and qualitative). Study I surveyed parents via a questionnaire, and study II was a reanalysis of interviews with fathers, collected in a previous study.

Father's role in supporting breastfeeding of preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit: a qualitative study.

Objective: To analyse the social beliefs, representations and experiences of fathers of preterm newborns (NBs) regarding breastfeeding.

Design: A qualitative interview study with analysis of transcripts using the Alceste software.

Setting: A tertiary university hospital neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in France.