NICU-to-Home Transitions Study
Name
NICU-to-Home Transitions Study
Project Partners
Elizabeth Orr, Andrea Gonzalez, Marilyn Ballantyne & Susan Jack
Funding
Hamilton Community Foundation – Community Health and Education Research Grant [May 2019 – December 2021]. ($14,845)
About the study
The NICU-to-Home Transitions Study explores, using interpretive qualitative methods, the transition-home experiences of adolescent mothers with infants discharged from the NICU.
This research will:
- explain the challenges adolescent mothers and their infants face during the transition home from NICU,
- describe the unique needs of this complex family-dyad, and
- elicit patient and stakeholder generated priorities for planning future practice, intervention and policy.
Relevant Publications
Orr, E., Ballantyne, M., Gonzalez, A., & Jack, S. M. (2022). Mobilizing forward: An interpretive description of supporting successful neonatal intensive care unit-to-home transitions for adolescent parents. Qualitative Health Research. https://doi.org/10.
Orr, E., Ballantyne, M., Gonzalez, A., & Jack, S. (2020). The complexity of the NICU-to-home experience for adolescent mothers: Meleis’ Transitions Theory applied. Advances in Nursing Science, 43(4), 349-359. DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000299 https://journals.lww.com/advancesinnursingscience/Abstract/2020/10000/The_Complexity_of_the_NICU_to_Home_Experience_for.6.aspx
Orr, E., Ballantyne, M., Gonzalez, A., & Jack, S.M. (2020). Methods for Enhancing the Quality and Depth of Interview Data in Applied Qualitative Health Research. Advances in Nursing Science, 43(3), 202-213. doi: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000321 https://journals.lww.com/advancesinnursingscience/Abstract/2020/07000/Visual_Elicitation__Methods_for_Enhancing_the.2.aspx