Examining the enabling and barrier factors to nursing staff involvement of children in care activities

Autor: Kwaku Richard Bawah, Wahab Osman, Diana Pireh, Millicent Kala, Vivian Afoko, Feruza Abdulai
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, Vol 20, Iss , Pp 100714- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2214-1391
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijans.2024.100714
Popis: Background: Children’s rights to participate in decisions and activities of their lives have been well documented. Due to varied challenges, the implementation of children’s rights to healthcare involvement has not been fully achieved. The unsuccessful implementation could be attributed to factors originating from parents/caregivers, health professionals, children, policymakers, and the healthcare system. Therefore, investigating the barriers and enabling factors to the implementation of children’s rights to healthcare involvement is critical. Objective: This study therefore examined the enabling and barrier factors to nursing staff involvement of children in care activities. Methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional design was used to conduct the study at the Evangelical Church of Ghana Hospital, Kpandai. With a total census sampling technique, all nursing staff members providing care to paediatric patients were invited to participate in the study due to the relatively small number of nursing staff. A total of 97 nursing staff members finally participated. An adapted Patient Participation Questionnaire was used for the data collection. Descriptive and inferential analyses were done at p
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