title: Use of children's artwork to evaluate the effectiveness of a hospital preparation program.
abstract: Approximately 1.5 million children are hospitalized on an emergency basis per year and are not able to be fully prepared for the event due to the emergency (Azarnoff & Woody, 1981). For this reason many pre-crisis hospital preparation programs are being instituted by hospitals and pediatric nurses. This pilot study investigated the use of children's artwork to evaluate the effectiveness of a hospital preparation program. The 6 to 10 year old children attending summer school at a day care center participated in a hospital preparation program. The purpose of the program was to decrease children's anxieties and fears in the event of an emergency hospitalization.
authors: School of Nursing, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb 60115.
authors: C J
authors: CJ
authors: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001155:Art Therapy; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D003625:Data Collection; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D010465:Perception; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014481:United States