Testing three knowledge tools developed to help parents with acutely ill children

Program Type (Grant): Summer Studentship Award
Applicant Name: Powley Unrau , Stephanie
Competition Cycle: 2018-02
Start Date: 2018-05-01
End Date: 2018-08-31
Supervisor Name: Scott, Shannon
Institutional Sponsor: Nursing
WCHRI Funder: SCHF
Total WCHRI Funding Commitment: $3,900.00

A revolution is underway in health - a revolution where patients and health care professionals work together. Essential to achieving this mission in child health and simultaneously improving health outcomes is actively engaging patients and their families in health care decisions. Critical to family involvement in children's healthcare is ensuring that families can have access to essential, often complex health information. In this project, we will evaluate 3 innovative knowledge tools for parents with sick children. Parents were actively involved in the development of these tools and now will be actively involved in their evaluation. After the evaluation, these tools that have art at their foundation will be made widely available using digital and social media platforms.