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ArticleHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2021

Implementation of training to improve communication with disabled children on the ward: A feasibility study.

Kath Wilkinson, Rebecca Gumm, Helen Hambly, Stuart Logan, Christopher Morris

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Article in Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kath WilkinsonPeninsula Childhood Disability Research Unit (PenCRU) and National Institute of Health Research Applied Research Collaboration for the South West Peninsula (penARC), University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8962-0991
Rebecca GummSheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
Helen HamblyPeninsula Childhood Disability Research Unit (PenCRU) and National Institute of Health Research Applied Research Collaboration for the South West Peninsula (penARC), University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Stuart LoganPeninsula Childhood Disability Research Unit (PenCRU) and National Institute of Health Research Applied Research Collaboration for the South West Peninsula (penARC), University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Christopher MorrisPeninsula Childhood Disability Research Unit (PenCRU) and National Institute of Health Research Applied Research Collaboration for the South West Peninsula (penARC), University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9916-507X
University of Exeter · GBSheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundParents of disabled children report poorer inpatient experiences when they stay in hospital, and some staff report finding communicating with disabled children challenging. This study tested the feasibility of implementing a training package for staff on paediatric wards to improve communication with disabled children, especially those with communication difficulties, and their families. The package was developed with parent carers and clinicians, and comprises a manual, a video of parent carers talking about real experiences, discussion points and local resources. The 50-minutes training is intended for in-house delivery by local facilitators.

methodsThirteen training sessions were delivered in paediatric wards across four hospitals in England, totalling 123 staff who took part. Participants completed questionnaires before (n = 109) and after (n = 36) training, and a sample of champions (senior clinicians) and facilitators were interviewed at the end of the study.

resultsFacilitators found the training easy to deliver, and participants felt they took away important messages to improve their practice. After the training, further changes were reported at an organizational level, including offering further training and reviewing practices.

conclusionsThis study provides supporting evidence for the implementation of a low-cost, minimal-resource training package to support staff communication with children and their families in hospitals. It provides promising indication of impact on behavioural change at the individual and organizational level. PATIENT AND PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: Parent carers identified the need and helped to develop the training, including featuring in the training video. They were also consulted throughout the study on research design, delivery and reporting.

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Children with DisabilitiesChildCommunicationFeasibility StudiesHospitalsHumansParentscommunicationdisabled childrenimplementationinpatienttraining

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PMID34048632
PMCPMC8369114
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