Open AccessFamily-centered care for sick newborns: A thumbnail view
Author(s) -
Arti Maria,
Rajib Dasgupta
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.170957
Subject(s) - alliance , cornerstone , family centered care , patient centered care , thumbnail , nursing , medicine , sick child , family medicine , psychology , health care , pediatrics , political science , art , image (mathematics) , artificial intelligence , computer science , law , visual arts
Family-centered care (FCC) for sick newborns is emerging as a paradigmatic shift in the practice of facility-based newborn care. It seeks to transforming a provider-centered model into a client-centered one and thus build a new therapeutic alliance. FCC is the cornerstone of continuum of care, imparting caregiving competencies to parents/caregivers both within institutions as well as after the discharge. This has potential gains for the newborn, family members, and facility-level staff. The initial model piloted in tertiary-care settings is now undergoing translation at five sites across the country; the outcomes are keenly awaited.