"What next?": an educational program for parents of newborns.
A community agency, a volunteer group and a hospital staff collaborated to provide a hospital based education program for parents of newborns. The program rationale, design, development, and evaluation are presented. "What next?" represents a family life education program which seeks to alleviate the normal stresses of becoming a parent. In a supportive small group hospital setting, trained volunteers provide parents with information about post partum adjustments, child development, parenting and community resources. Experience indicates that this is a replicable program.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012237:Rhode Island; D014837:Voluntary Health Agencies