Catherine Larocque, Carolina Lavin Venegas, Sandra Dunn, Marsha Campbell-Yeo, Lucy Gilmore, JoAnn Harrold, Jiale Hu, Leanne McArthur, Shokoufeh Modanloo, Stuart G Nicholls, Pat O'Flaherty, Shahirose Sadrudin Premji, Jessica Reszel, Sonia Semenic, Janet E Squires, Bonnie Stevens, Monica Taljaard, Marie-Josee Trepanier, Kathy Venter, Jodi Wilding, Denise Harrison
Despite known analgesic effects of breastfeeding (BF), skin-to-skin care (SSC), and sweet solutions (sucrose) for newborns, these interventions remain underutilized. Our team produced a five-minute parent-targeted video (BSweet2Babies) demonstrating BF, SSC, and sucrose during newborn blood sampling. We conducted a sequential exploratory mixed-methods study with eight maternal-newborn units across Ontario, Canada to identify barriers and facilitators to implementing the video and the three pain management strategies...
June 23, 2023: Journal of Child Health Care: for Professionals Working with Children in the Hospital and Community