What Prevents Early Parental Involvement in the NICU?
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Cite this article
- CASPER, Charlotte,
- RAYNAL, Françoise,
- GLORIEUX, Isabelle,
- MONTJAUX, Nathalie
- and BLOOM, Marie-Claude,
- Casper, Charlotte.,
- et al.
- Casper, C.,
- Raynal, F.,
- Glorieux, I.,
- Montjaux, N.
- and Bloom, M.-C.
https://doi.org/10.3917/dev.121.0055
Cite this article
- Casper, C.,
- Raynal, F.,
- Glorieux, I.,
- Montjaux, N.
- and Bloom, M.-C.
- Casper, Charlotte.,
- et al.
- CASPER, Charlotte,
- RAYNAL, Françoise,
- GLORIEUX, Isabelle,
- MONTJAUX, Nathalie
- and BLOOM, Marie-Claude,
https://doi.org/10.3917/dev.121.0055
Today’s neonatal intensive care environments reflect advances in technology and medical treatment of preterm newborns. This environment may be very stressful (light, noise, painful procedures). Research in neuroscience has shown the importance of the human environment for the premature infant. Separation from the mother may cause stress for the infant as well as for mother. An European survey of policies for parents in the NICUs in 2005 showed large differences between the countries with a north/south gradient. Strategies helping early parental involvement have implications for the sensory development of premature sick infants. Nevertheless translation from evidence to practice is difficult and challenging, but necessary to improve hospital environment in France.
Keywords
- parents
- child in NICU
- obstacles to parental implication in care of the child
Publisher keywords: child in NICU, obstacles to parental implication in care of the child, parents