Family network of children with special health needs: implications for Nursing

Family network of children with special health needs: implications for nursing.

OBJECTIVE to describe appropriate sources and resources for caregivers of children with special health needs in the community. METHOD A qualitative study that used the creativity and sensitivity dynamics speaking map, part of the sensitive creative method, involving 11 caregivers of children with special health needs who are assisted in a university hospital located in the South of Brazil. ...

[Vulnerability of children with special health care needs: implications for nursing].

This qualitative-based descriptive, exploratory research aimed to provide an account of the vulnerability of children with special health needs in terms of required care and everyday life support. The subjects were ten family members/caregivers of children who were approached in a pediatric admission unit of a teaching hospital. Data were produced by means of the creative and sensitive method m...

Unmet dental care needs among children with special health care needs: implications for the medical home.

BACKGROUND Little is known about the characteristics of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) who have unmet dental care needs. OBJECTIVE We sought to describe the magnitude of unmet needs for dental care among CSHCN and to characterize those with unmet dental care needs. DESIGN, SETTING, AND SUBJECTS We used data from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs...

General health and its relationship with personality traits among mothers of children with special needs

Health and wellbeing of mothers of children with special needs as a vulnerable group in society is very important. Mental health is affected by many variables, the most important of which are personality traits. The aim of this study was to examine general health and its relationship with personality traits among mothers of children with special needs. This study used a comparative design. The ...

Children with special health care needs.