Individualized Family-Centered Developmental Care

Strategies for neonatal developmental care and family-centered neonatal care.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate neonatal developmental care and family-centered care in a neonatal unit. METHODS Participatory action research with a purposive sample of health personnel and parents of hospitalized newborn in a Neonatal Unit in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Five focal groups were conducted with seven mothers and 40 professionals of the unit team, and additionally, 24 non-participant obser...

Family-centered care

Family-Centered Care (FCC) is a way to provide health care that recognizes the importance of family for a hospitalized child. According to it, it is essential to involve families in their children’s recovery plan [1]. FCC was born in the Fifties of 20th century as a reaction to the leading idea in Pediatric care that emphasized physical care, technical abilities and emotional detachment and con...

Family-centered care.

SEVERALRECENT REPORTS describe the important role medical homes play in ensuring favorable outcomes for children. Central to the success of a medical home is the practice of family-centered care (FCC). The purpose of this commentary is to describe the evolution of FCC, provide an updated definition of FCC, and discuss implications for practice, programs, and policy. The development of the FCC d...

Family-centered pediatric perioperative care.

FAMILY-CENTERED care is an approach to the planning and delivery of health care that is based on partnerships among patients, families, healthcare providers, and hospitals. Family-centered care encourages a collaborative, team approach that respects individual and family strengths, cultures, traditions, and expertise. Providing care in a family-centered way honors the involvement of the patient...

Midwife-centered versus woman-centered care: a developmental phase?