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Alicia May Lim1,2, Yang Yann Foo3, Ashley Xue Ting Ko4
1Department of Neonatology, KK Women's & Children's Hospital, Singapore alicia.may.lim@singhealth.com.sg.
Insights
Healthcare providers
Area of Science:
- Pediatric safety
- Public health
- Occupational health
Background:
- Child restraint systems (CRS) are crucial for preventing injuries in road traffic collisions.
- Formal neonatal CRS discharge programs are currently lacking globally.
- Healthcare providers express low confidence in delivering CRS advice during neonatal discharge.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate barriers and facilitators to implementing formal neonatal CRS discharge programs.
- To understand these factors from the perspective of healthcare providers.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative study involving interviews with 10 trained allied health and nursing staff.
- Exploration of perceived barriers and facilitators in educating parents on CRS before hospital discharge.
- Analysis using Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis, informed by Billett's workplace-based learning theory.
Main Results:
- Three themes emerged: personal agency (self-perception and cognitive direction), social agency (institutional safety culture, CRS champions, parental receptivity), and situational factors (competing duties).
- Personal beliefs and self-efficacy influenced engagement in CRS education.
- Supportive social environments and parental willingness were key facilitators, while time constraints posed a barrier.
Conclusions:
- Healthcare provider commitment to CRS education is influenced by personal, social, and situational factors.
- Optimizing neonatal CRS discharge programs requires addressing these multifaceted elements.
- Future interventions should consider the complex interplay of individual, social, and environmental influences.
Objective:
Child restraint systems (CRS) are essential in preventing injury during road traffic collisions, yet neonatal CRS discharge programmes are lacking worldwide. Trained healthcare providers have reported a lack of confidence in providing CRS advice during discharge. We aimed to study the barriers and facilitators in implementing a formal neonatal CRS discharge programme through the lens of healthcare providers.
Methods:
We interviewed 10 allied health and nursing staff who received CRS training to find out the barriers and facilitators they perceived and experienced when engaging parents of newborns with CRS education prior to hospital discharge. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Inductive analysis sensitised by Billett's workplace-based learning theory was conducted using Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis.
Results:
We constructed three themes. At the personal agency level, how participants viewed themselves and directed their cognition to the task affected their involvement in CRS education. At the social agency level, institutional and ward safety culture including the presence of ward CRS champions were powerful motivators for CRS education. Parental receptivity to CRS education was also important. Lastly, at the situational level, barriers to implementing a CRS discharge programme included factors such as competing duties at neonatal discharge.
Conclusion:
Using a workplace learning theory, our study highlights that healthcare providers' commitment and delivery of CRS education at neonatal discharge is a complex interplay of personal agency, social agency and situational factors. Future efforts must address these factors to optimise the effectiveness of a neonatal CRS discharge programme.
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