title: The content, format and timing of a preparation for childhood hospitalization booklet: An action research project.
abstract: The experience of childhood hospitalization may be improved by appropriate preparation. As part of a larger project to improve preparation practices for children and their families, a group of health-care professionals investigated the content, format and timing of a pre-existing preparation booklet for a particular procedure. This article analyses the evaluation of the preparation booklet that led to a finding that collaboration among health-care professionals enables improved practice and shared professional power and responsibility.
authors.affiliation: Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia bronwyn.gordon@acu.edu.au.
authors.forename: Bronwyn K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.affiliation: University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Jackie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Crisp
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D006302:Health Services Research; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D010174:Pamphlets; D011209:Power, Psychological
keywords: Action research; collaboration; hospitalized children; preparation for childhood hospitalization; preparation materials; research and development