Reading mediation as a communication resource for hospitalized children: support for the humanization of nursing care

Authors

  • Carina Ceribelli OMS
  • Lucila Castanheira Nascimento OMS
  • Soraya Maria Romano Pacífico Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto
  • Regina Aparecida Garcia de Lima Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692009000100013

Keywords:

child, hospitalized, bibliotherapy, pediatric nursing, humanization of assistance

Abstract

The Live Library in Hospitals Project is a strategy adopted by several health institutions for the purpose of providing hospitalized children and adolescents the reading mediation of infant-juvenile stories through professionals and volunteers capable of this function. This study aimed to find out to what extent the reading of stories strategy proposed by this project in hospitals can be a communication resource to use with hospitalized children. In order to do that, empirical data collection was carried out through the use of semi structured interviews with the reader and children above the age of seven years and observation of reading sections. The qualitative data analysis was doing it and it was verified that the reading mediation favors the dialogs and relationships; contribute for the expansion of the diagnostic and therapeutic and development processes of children, relatives and health professionals.

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Published

2009-02-01

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2009)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Reading mediation as a communication resource for hospitalized children: support for the humanization of nursing care. (2009). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 17(1), 81-87. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692009000100013