Health professionals' attitudes toward parent participation in hospitalized children's care.
This study explored the relation of personal and professional characteristics to the attitudes of health professionals toward parent participation. A random sample of members of the Association for the Care of Children's Health completed the Parent Participation Questionnaire. Attitudes were more accepting in subjects who were parents (p < .01), ever married (p < .05), educators (p < .01); older (p < .01), more experienced (p < .01), and/or had a higher level of education (p < .01). Health professionals need to develop means of creating positive attitudes that are not based solely on an individual's characteristics. These, however, can be mediated through several strategies--for example, role modeling, sharing, and education.
College of Nursing, University of Akron, OH 44325.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care / Q000379:methods*; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States