title: Family-centered Care for Sick Newborns: A Thumbnail View.
abstract: Family-centered care (FCC) for sick newborns is emerging as a paradigmatic shift in the practice of facility-based newborn care. It seeks to transforming a provider-centered model into a client-centered one and thus build a new therapeutic alliance. FCC is the cornerstone of continuum of care, imparting caregiving competencies to parents/caregivers both within institutions as well as after the discharge. This has potential gains for the newborn, family members, and facility-level staff. The initial model piloted in tertiary-care settings is now undergoing translation at five sites across the country; the outcomes are keenly awaited.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Arti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maria
authors.affiliation: Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Rajib
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dasgupta
keywords: Capacity building; FCC; Family centered care for newborn; Sick newborn care by parent attendant; empowerment