title: Evaluating and improving the practice of family-centered care.
abstract: Evaluating and improving the practice of family-centered care involves planning the evaluation effort collaboratively with families, gathering information from a variety of audiences, investigating the different arenas of family-centered care, following growth in family-centered practice over time, using a variety of evaluation approaches, and integrating evaluation with efforts to change toward family-centered approaches to care. Resources available to guide the evaluation effort include guidelines for reviewing written materials in a unit, program, clinic, or practice; written surveys and checklists; guidelines for focus groups or interviews; suggestions for using health care scenarios to gather information about family-centered approaches to care; and questions for nurses to use to reflect on their own practice.
authors.affiliation: Uniformed Services, University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Randall
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D002675:Child, Preschool; D022143:Family Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States