Smith, J orcid.org/0000-0003-0974-3591 and Kendal, S (2016) OC07 - Why should parents and health professionals collaborate to manage childhood long-term conditions? In: Nursing Children and Young People. 3rd PNAE congress on Paediatric Nursing, 26-17 May 2016, Porto, Portugal. RCN Publishing , p. 61.
Abstract
Theme: Complex health care and chronic disease management. Introduction: Interactions between carers and health professionals often have a power imbalance; professionals seem reluctant to acknowledge carers’ expertise and unwilling to relinquish control over the management of the child’s condition. Aim: To explore parents’ and professionals’ perceptions of collaborative healthcare practice to manage childhood long-term conditions. Methods: Qualitative study using focus groups to elicit carers’ and health professionals’ views of collaborative practice, with the framework approach underpinning data analysis. Discussion: To facilitate parents’ care-giving roles, health professionals must move from a position of care prescriber to collaborator. Yet collaboration is complex and difficult to operationalise in practice, partly because there is discordance between the views of health professionals and carers about the purpose of collaborating. Conclusion: Health professionals need to understand, value and respect carers’ expertise and desire to be involved in care and find ways to integrate carer expertise into care and care planning.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 RCNi Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Nursing Children and Young People. It is not the version of record. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Childhood long-term conditions; collaboration |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Healthcare (Leeds) > Nursing Child (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2016 08:39 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2017 16:46 |
Published Version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.28.4.61.s38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | RCN Publishing |
Identification Number: | 10.7748/ncyp.28.4.61.s38 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:105746 |