Application of Group Health Education in Discharge-guidance for Neonates

Objective To explore the method of giving discharge-health-education so as to improve the quality of home-caring for neonates. Methods The group education was conducted to parents of 600 cases of neonates through demonstrative performances supplemented by oral explanation and instructions in the written form. Then the effect was assessed by phone call. Results The rate of satisfaction of the parents in the health education registered 100%,and those who grasped all the contents of the education reached 95%. Conclusion Discharge guidance in the form of group health education enriches the knowledge of neonates' parents,furnishes them with the related skills and enhance their ability to take care of the new-born,all of which facilitates the healthy development of the neonates,and is thus worth clinical popularization.