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African American mothers' responses to hospitalization of an infant with serious health problems.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Miles, MS; Wilson, SM; Docherty, SL
Published in: Neonatal network : NN
December 1999

To describe African American mothers' experiences related to the hospitalization of an infant with serious health problems.Retrospective descriptive.19 African American mothers with premature and term infants who were hospitalized at birth for serious health problems related to sequelae of prematurity or birth defect.African American mothers' recollections about the hospitalization of their seriously ill infant.The mothers worried primarily about when the baby could go home. Their greatest source of stress was separation from the infant. Seeing their sick infant was also stressful and evoked shock, fear, denial, guilt, and helplessness. Mothers sought hope by seeking information and cues from the infant and by praying to God. Mothers established a relationship with their infant by visiting regularly and by learning how to care for him. Some mothers feared getting attached to an infant who might die. Mothers' highest source of satisfaction was support from the health care team.

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Neonatal network : NN

DOI

EISSN

1539-2880

ISSN

0730-0832

Publication Date

December 1999

Volume

18

Issue

8

Start / End Page

17 / 25

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Social Support
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Mothers
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Child, Hospitalized
  • Black or African American
 

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Miles, M. S., Wilson, S. M., & Docherty, S. L. (1999). African American mothers' responses to hospitalization of an infant with serious health problems. Neonatal Network : NN, 18(8), 17–25. https://doi.org/10.1891/0730-0832.18.8.17
Miles, M. S., S. M. Wilson, and S. L. Docherty. “African American mothers' responses to hospitalization of an infant with serious health problems.Neonatal Network : NN 18, no. 8 (December 1999): 17–25. https://doi.org/10.1891/0730-0832.18.8.17.
Miles MS, Wilson SM, Docherty SL. African American mothers' responses to hospitalization of an infant with serious health problems. Neonatal network : NN. 1999 Dec;18(8):17–25.
Miles, M. S., et al. “African American mothers' responses to hospitalization of an infant with serious health problems.Neonatal Network : NN, vol. 18, no. 8, Dec. 1999, pp. 17–25. Epmc, doi:10.1891/0730-0832.18.8.17.
Miles MS, Wilson SM, Docherty SL. African American mothers' responses to hospitalization of an infant with serious health problems. Neonatal network : NN. 1999 Dec;18(8):17–25.

Published In

Neonatal network : NN

DOI

EISSN

1539-2880

ISSN

0730-0832

Publication Date

December 1999

Volume

18

Issue

8

Start / End Page

17 / 25

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Social Support
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Mothers
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Child, Hospitalized
  • Black or African American