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0000-0001-9890-3141
Current Organisations
University of Technology Sydney
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The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network Department of Community Child Health
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Exploring Australian parents’ knowledge and awareness of pediatric inpatient falls: A qualitative study
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 30-08-2019
DOI: 10.1111/JSPN.12268
Abstract: While there has been extensive published research into adult inpatient falls, less is known about pediatric falls in Australia. Falls pose a safety risk to pediatric patients potentially causing harm, increased length of stay, and death. Parents play a central role in reducing falls-related incidents given that, as parents, they provide care and/or oversee care delivered to their child at the bedside. Developing a better understanding of what parents and carers know about falls and associated risks, particularly those hospital-naïve, is central to developing family centered strategies and targeted education to meet the needs of parents. Our study aimed to explore Australian parents' knowledge and awareness of pediatric inpatient falls. Qualitative methods utilizing descriptive thematic analysis. Parents of children and/or young people hospitalized during the last 6 months were eligible to participate. Potential participants attending the outpatient clinics of two tertiary pediatric outpatient clinics hospitals in Sydney, Australia were invited to participate in the study. Willing participants consented to complete a face to face in-depth interview. Open-ended questions sought to explore participants' knowledge, knowledge acquisition, and awareness of inpatient falls. Interviews were digitally recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data familiarization and open coding were completed by researchers independently. Researchers explored and discussed emerging categories until patterns emerged and a consensus of dominant themes were agreed upon. Interviews were conducted with mothers (n = 17), fathers ( n = 4), or both parents together (n = 2) of a child or a young person who had been recently hospitalized. Four dominant themes emerged from the data namely: Supervision: falls won't happen, unexpected, parent priorities, and ways of learning about inpatient falls and risks. Despite parents' awareness of falls risk, parents were unaware that falls occur within a hospital setting and did not prioritize "falls prevention" during admission. Findings have implications for nursing practice, particularly in the delivery, content, and timing of falls prevention education.
COVID‐19: Lessons to be learnt from a once‐in‐a‐century global pandemic
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 22-06-2020
DOI: 10.1111/JOCN.15365
Methods used to assess sleep in children who attend community‐based mental health programmes: A systematic review
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-06-2023
DOI: 10.1111/INM.13182
Abstract: Sleep quality and sleep duration are important for children's physical and mental health. Mental health diagnoses and sleep disturbances may be interlinked. We sought to identify the methods used to assess sleep in paediatric community‐based mental health programmes. A systematic review was conducted using an a priori protocol to ascertain the sleep assessment methods used in paediatric community‐based mental health programmes. Children for this review were defined as any person under the age of 19. Cochrane Library, CINAHL, Web of Science, ProQuest, APA PsycInfo, and PubMed databases were searched from January 2021 to March 2022. Of the 320 records screened, 314 records were excluded. Six studies were included for analysis. A variety of validated and non‐validated sleep instruments were used to measure sleep quality and a range of sleep disturbances in community health programmes for children. There were a limited number of studies associated with sleep assessment in paediatric community‐based settings suggesting this is an area of research that may be understudied. Sleep questionnaires were predominately completed by parents or guardians. Further research is required to establish the most effective method for screening sleep behaviour in paediatric community mental health programmes to understand the impact of sleep in the recovery of children and adolescents with mental health disorders.
Mapping diversity and demographic‐based changes to a pediatric population attending a specialist tertiary hospital: a retrospective review
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 22-11-2021
DOI: 10.1111/JOCN.15559
Related Organisations
Australian Commission On Safety And Quality In Health Care
Location: Australia
The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network Department Of Community Child Health
Location: Australia
Related Funding Activities
OUTBREAK (One-health Understanding Through Bacterial REsistance To Antibiotics Knowledge)
Start Date: 2019
End Date: 2020
Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council
View Funded ActivityUnderstanding Patient Movement Networks To Better Prevent Dissemination Of Antimicrobial Resistance
Start Date: 2019
End Date: 2022
Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council
View Funded ActivitySTART =Stepped-wedge Trial To Increase Antibiotic Appropriateness In Residential Aged Care Facilities And Model Transmission Of Antimicrobial Resistance
Start Date: 2018
End Date: 2022
Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council
View Funded Activity