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Background <p>Education of children and their parents is an essential component of nursing care. Effective education of children and their parents promotes adherence to treatment, early discharge, and self-management capabilities. The purpose of the study was to explore the facilitators and barriers to the education of children and their parents among qualified nurses working in the paediatric inpatient wards.</p> Methods <p>The study employed a descriptive exploratory design using a qualitative approach. The participants were purposively selected, and data were collected through face-to-face individual interviews. Data saturation was achieved after conducting interviews with fifteen nurses working in paediatric units. The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed and analyzed using content analysis procedures.</p> Results <p>Two themes emerged from the study: the facilitators and barriers to the education of children and their parents. The findings of the study suggest that facilitators of the education of children and their parents were having a positive ward environment, caregiver involvement, language proficiency, and the use of teaching aids. The barriers to education of children and their parents were facility-related factors such as a lack of supervision by hospital management, limited space for ensuring privacy during patient education, and workload on nurses. Nurse-related barriers were the poor attitude of nurses and inadequate teaching skills. Barriers associated with the patient’s family were uncooperative parents/caregivers, the dominance of fathers in the home, and the absence of the primary caregivers (mother) in the ward during the period of admission.</p> Conclusion <p>Hospitalized children education provides key essential information for the caregiver on the patient’s condition and the care processes. Despite the identified barriers that hinder effective education of hospitalized children, certain factors have been identified as facilitators to effective education of hospitalized children. To ensure that hospitalized children derive the maximum benefits, health facilities must make conscious efforts to implement strategies to enhance it.</p>

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Patient education involving children and their parents or caregivers: a qualitative study among nurses in Northern Ghana

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    2026年2月16日

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  • Titus Abaah,
  • Gilbert Ti-enkawol Nachinab

摘要

Background

Education of children and their parents is an essential component of nursing care. Effective education of children and their parents promotes adherence to treatment, early discharge, and self-management capabilities. The purpose of the study was to explore the facilitators and barriers to the education of children and their parents among qualified nurses working in the paediatric inpatient wards.

Methods

The study employed a descriptive exploratory design using a qualitative approach. The participants were purposively selected, and data were collected through face-to-face individual interviews. Data saturation was achieved after conducting interviews with fifteen nurses working in paediatric units. The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed and analyzed using content analysis procedures.

Results

Two themes emerged from the study: the facilitators and barriers to the education of children and their parents. The findings of the study suggest that facilitators of the education of children and their parents were having a positive ward environment, caregiver involvement, language proficiency, and the use of teaching aids. The barriers to education of children and their parents were facility-related factors such as a lack of supervision by hospital management, limited space for ensuring privacy during patient education, and workload on nurses. Nurse-related barriers were the poor attitude of nurses and inadequate teaching skills. Barriers associated with the patient’s family were uncooperative parents/caregivers, the dominance of fathers in the home, and the absence of the primary caregivers (mother) in the ward during the period of admission.

Conclusion

Hospitalized children education provides key essential information for the caregiver on the patient’s condition and the care processes. Despite the identified barriers that hinder effective education of hospitalized children, certain factors have been identified as facilitators to effective education of hospitalized children. To ensure that hospitalized children derive the maximum benefits, health facilities must make conscious efforts to implement strategies to enhance it.