Supporting children with complex health care needs and their families - An overview of the research agenda

Emond, Alan; Eaton, Nicola

Abstract

In summary, the potential and need for research in the area of supporting children with complex care needs in the community are vast. A mixture of methodologies is required: quantitative research designs to address effectiveness and efficiency, linking process variables with patient outcomes; qualitative methodologies to identify families' problems and needs, satisfaction with care, and to measure QoL; economic approaches to assess cost-benefit. Parents, siblings and the children themselves need to be involved in setting the research agenda. © 2004 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

• Journal Article Type: Editorial
• Publication Date: May 1, 2004
• Journal: Child: Care, Health and Development
• Print ISSN: 0305-1862
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 195-199
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2004.00424.x
• Keywords: children, complex health care needs, families, research agenda
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1060519
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2004.00424.x