title: Impact of a health education tool on enhancing communication between health providers and parents of neonates in intensive care in Egypt.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Admission of an infant to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a stressful experience for parents. Parents' education improves knowledge and satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of using a family information guide about the NICU as a communication intervention between the healthcare providers and parents having their infants in the unit.
  
  
  METHODS
  An interventional study was conducted among 100 fathers with their neonates inside the NICU-Kasr Al Ainy Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt. The study passed through three stages: pre-intervention, intervention using a family information guide, and post-intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After using the guide, fathers showed significant improvement in their knowledge, with a change in their feelings towards the admission of their neonates to the NICU.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Providing sufficient information and increasing awareness of parents about the NICU in the form of a written guide is an effective way of improving communication between healthcare providers and parents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, King Abdelaziz University, Rabigh Medical College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Department of Pediatrics, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mohamed S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hesham
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Yasmin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mansi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Tamer A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Abdelhamid
authors.affiliation: Public Health Department, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt. Electronic address: rehansaleh@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Rehan M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Saleh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents
keywords: communication; information guide; neonatal intensive care unit; satisfaction