Social support for parents of premature infants

Skurzak Agnieszka, Iwanowicz Palus Grażyna, Korżyńska Piętas Magdalena, Kicia Mariola, Żółkiewska Beata. Social support for parents of premature infants. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(3):220-227. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1193305 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5346 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/859105 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license (Http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.02.2018. Revised: 10.02.2018. Accepted: 07.03.2018. Social support for parents of premature infants Wsparcie społeczne rodziców noworodka przedwcześnie urodzonego Agnieszka Skurzak1, Grażyna Iwanowicz Palus1, Magdalena Korżyńska Piętas1, Mariola Kicia1, Beata Żółkiewska2 1 Zakład Podstaw Położnictwa, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie Department of Basics of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences Medical University of Lublin 2 Samodzielny Publiczny Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny w Chełmie Independent Public Provincial Specialist Hospital of Chełm Key words: social support, premature infant Słowa kluczowe: wsparcie społeczne, noworodek przedwcześnie urodzony Abstract Prematurity is still an actual medical problem. Significant increase in the survival rate of premature babies is observed due to the progress in perinatal care .Usually, parents are not prepared for a premature birth, for the majority of them the hospitalization of a child in neonatal intensive care unit is a source of fear, moreover parents often blame themselves for the situation. Appearing emotions and questions require a compatible response from the therapeutic team. The most important activity in the practice of the team is emotional, informative, evaluative support