Monday 22 February 2010

Help Wanted - Update

A while ago I posted about a couple of studies looking for help from parents of prems (and we all know how to determine if that's you!)

I have now been contacted again by Wendy Moncur at the University of Aberdeen who is running a study looking into communication of baby updates with friends and family:

What is this survey about?
When a baby is unwell in hospital, the right kind of support from close friends and family can reduce parents’ stress levels. We are developing a news system which allows parents to send personalised updates about a baby to their friends and relatives automatically by email or text message, to encourage friends and relatives to give support to the parents.
To get it right, we need the views of mums and dads like you. We want to know the kinds of messages that you think are most suitable to give to different people.


The study can be accessed here: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/websurveys/nicu/

Thank you!

1 comment:

Kykaree said...

I have done the survey, I do wish our unit had had this system. One of the nurses told me about a hospital she worked in that had a computer system parents could access from home.