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Parental Involvement in Neonatal and Infant Pain Prevention and Management: Evidence, Opportunities and Challenges

A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Palliative Care".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2024 | Viewed by 3837

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Mariana Bueno

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Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Interests: neonatal nursing; neonatal and infant pain; implementation science
Prof. Dr. Denise Harrison

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Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
Interests: pain; knowledge translation; parent-targeted; breastfeeding; sucrose; newborn; neonatal; children; pediatric; paediatric

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

A wealth of knowledge is available on effective and safe strategies for neonatal and infant pain prevention and management, such as skin-to-skin contact, breastfeeding, facilitated tucking, comforting/positioning, sweet solutions, topical anesthetics, and others. Importantly, parents can play an active role in pain management interventions, such as skin-to-skin contact, facilitated tucking and breastfeeding when feasible. However, to support parents in this role, they need knowledge and opportunities to participate in their children’s pain management. This Special Issue welcomes original articles focusing on parental involvement in pain prevention and management in neonates and infants. Our goal is to highlight current research on the topic, strategies being implemented in diverse clinical settings, implementation science studies and future directions for research and practice. We anticipate a wide variety of research designs and methodologies and we encourage submissions authored in partnerships with parents and persons with lived experience.

Dr. Mariana Bueno
Prof. Dr. Denise Harrison
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Children is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • pain management
  • neonate
  • infant
  • parent
  • parent-delivered intervention

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“Preparation Is Key”: Parents’ and Nurses’ Perceptions of Combined Parent-Delivered Pain Management in Neonatal Care
by Martina Carlsen Misic, Emma Olsson, Ylva Thernström Blomqvist and Alexandra Ullsten
Children 2024, 11(7), 781; https://doi.org/10.3390/children11070781 - 27 Jun 2024
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Background: There is a knowledge-to-practice gap regarding parent-delivered pain management, and few studies have investigated parents’ and nurses’ participation in and acceptance of combined parent-delivered pain-alleviating interventions such as skin-to-skin contact (SSC), breastfeeding, and parental musical presence. This study investigated parents’ and nurses’ [...] Read more.
Background: There is a knowledge-to-practice gap regarding parent-delivered pain management, and few studies have investigated parents’ and nurses’ participation in and acceptance of combined parent-delivered pain-alleviating interventions such as skin-to-skin contact (SSC), breastfeeding, and parental musical presence. This study investigated parents’ and nurses’ perceptions of and reflections on experiencing combined parent-delivered pain management. Methods: This qualitative study applies a collaborative participatory action research design using ethnographic data collection methods such as focus groups, video observations, and video-stimulated recall interviews with parents and nurses. Results: The results concern three main categories, i.e., preparation, participation, and closeness, as well as various sub-categories. Preparations were central to enabling combined parent-delivered pain management. Participation was facilitated by parental musical presence, in which parents shifted their attention toward their infant. Closeness and presence during neonatal care helped parents become active during their infant’s painful procedures. Parental lullaby singing created a calm and trusting atmosphere and after the procedure, both parents and nurses felt that they had successfully supported the infant through a potentially painful procedure. Conclusions: Mental and practical preparation is central to implementing combined parent-delivered pain management. When parents and nurses explored the interventions, they found the methods feasible, promoting self-efficacy and confidence in both parents and nurses. Full article
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