Facilitating bonding between the premature infant and its parents

Carry out a qualitative study of the parents and a quantitative one of the healthcare staff in order to improve practices at the neonatal units.

This collaborative project was started by the nurses and health care professionals who are members of the PremUp Foundation for scientific cooperation. It is financed solely by Pampers. Its aim is to gather information from parents and health care professionals to improve the bond between parents and premature babies.

There are numerous complex factors influencing this bonding process. Nevertheless, those associated with hospitalisation and the treatment of parents in the health care services can be examined and improved. Even if factors such as parental stress and anguish have been considered, no study has as yet been done prospectively of the subjective evaluation by the parents of what helps create the bond between parent and child.

In practice, a completely anonymous questionnaire is submitted to nurses attached to the three poles of referral: Robert Debré Hospital, the CHI of Créteil and the Hospital Centre Cochin-Port Royal. This study involves more than 300 nurses of the neonatology departments. Moreover, individual's parents qualitative interviews are led by a psycho-sociologist from the CSA Institute, which is carrying out this enquiry. The results of this study will be presented in September 2010 and will be used in professional training.

CSA Pampers
www.csa-fr.com www.pampers.fr

Related Research

  • Prevention of respiratory sequellae in premature newborn babies: role of genetics

    Read More
  • Protection of the brain of the premature newborn : clinical trials on melatonin

    Read More
  • Medical imaging, a tool in early detection of cerebral lesions in the premature baby

    Read More
  • Research into the capacity of stem cells to repair cerebral lesions in the premature newborn

    Read More
  • The lungs of premature babies: research into new anti-inflammatory treatment

    Read More
  • Infectious disease in premature newborn babies

    Read More
  • The EPIPAGE 2 study

    Read More