ReviewPediatric investigation2021
Family integrated care: Supporting parents as primary caregivers in the neonatal intensive care unit.
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57 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Facilitators and barriers to the practice of neonatal family integrated care from the perspective of healthcare professionals: a systematic review.Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition · 2025Pooled it
- Achieving Family-Integrated Care for Older Patients with Major Neurodegenerative and Mental Health Conditions: A Systematic Review of Intervention Characteristics and Outcomes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Summary of best evidence on parental involvement in neonatal intensive care units: integrating family-centered and family-integrated care models.Global health action · 2026Review
- Caregivers' perceptions, knowledge, and perceived barriers to pediatric procedural pain management: a cross-sectional study.Pain reports · 2026Article
- Nurse-led family integrated care and time to first parent-infant holding in very preterm infants (< 32 weeks): a multi-site pre-post quasi-experimental study.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- The NeuroSense PremmieEd Parenting Educational Intervention (PremmieSense)-A Neuroprotective Intervention for Preterm Infant-Parent Dyads: Reported Using the TIDieR Framework.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Equitable therapeutic design: how inclusively designed spaces help NICU families heal, connect, and thrive.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Review
- The Development of Parental Knowledge of Their Child in NNU and PICU: An Exploratory Qualitative Study of Parents' Experiences.Nursing in critical care · 2026Article
- Barriers and drivers to implementing family integrated newborn care for preterm and low birthweight infants in neonatal care units in Ethiopia: a qualitative study.BMJ paediatrics open · 2026Article
- The Experiences of Families in Family-Integrated Approaches to Neonatal and Infant Pain Management in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review.Paediatric & neonatal pain · 2026Review
- Vulnerability and Pediatric Pain.Paediatric & neonatal pain · 2026Article
- Mothers' experiences of journaling during their infants' stay in a baby-friendly NICU: a hermeneutic phenomenological study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- What are fathers' experiences of neonatal-perinatal palliative care? A Scoping review.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
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- Implementation of Family Integrated Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospitals Sussex, UK.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Exploring Patient, Parent and Clinician Views of Outcomes for Family-Centered Care in Neonatal Settings: A Qualitative Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Family integrated care to improve evidence-based practices for preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit: a meta-analysis and systematic review.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- A survey of parental experiences and perceptions of NAVA in neonatal intensive care.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Alberta family integrated careFrontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Family-Centered care in the NICU: an integrative literature review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
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Abstract
Family integrated care (FICare) is a collaborative model of neonatal care which aims to address the negative impacts of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) environment by involving parents as equal partners, minimizing separation, and supporting parent-infant closeness. FICare incorporates psychological, educational, communication, and environmental strategies to support parents to cope with the NICU environment and to prepare them to be able to emotionally, cognitively, and physically care for their infant. FICare has been associated with improved infant feeding, growth, and parent wellbeing and self-efficacy; important mediators for long-term improved infant neurodevelopmental and behavioural outcomes. FICare implementation requires multi-disciplinary commitment, staff motivation, and sufficient time for preparation and readiness for change as professionals relinquish power and control to instead develop collaborative partnerships with parents. Successful FICare implementation and culture change have been applied by neonatal teams internationally, using practical approaches suited to their local environments. Strategies such as parent and staff meetings and relational communication help to break down barriers to change by providing space for the co-creation of knowledge, the negotiation of caregiving roles and the development of trusting relationships. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the vulnerability within programs supporting parental presence in neonatal units and the profound impacts of parent-infant separation. New technologies and digital innovations can help to mitigate these challenges, and support renewed efforts to embed FICare philosophy and practice in neonatal care during the COVID-19 recovery and beyond.
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