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Exploring Parental and Staff Perceptions of the Family-Integrated Care Model: A Qualitative Focus Group Study.

Adv Neonatal Care

December 2017

Department of Neonatology, Centenary Hospital for Women and Children, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Drs Broom and Kecskes and Ms Carlisle); Australian Catholic University, Dickson, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Dr Broom); Australian National University, Medical School, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (Prof Kecskes and Dr Carlisle); and Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Ms Parsons).

Background: Family-integrated care (FICare) is an innovative model of care developed at Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada, to better integrate parents into the team caring for their infant in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The effects of FICare on neonatal outcomes and parental anxiety were assessed in an international multicenter randomized trial. As an Australian regional level 3 NICU that was randomized to the intervention group, we aimed to explore parent and staff perceptions of the FICare program in our dual occupancy NICU.

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