Study: Raising extremely premature babies
One the reasons New Zealand has such a high quality of clinical care and understanding is the robust research undertaken.
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Massey University are looking for participants in a piece of research. Are you a caregiver of a child born 23-28 weeks gestation who is now 4-6 years old?
Caroline Wilson 
is a post graduate student at Massey University completing a Master of Nursing Degree, and also a Registered Nurse working in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. In her words:
- I would like to invite caregivers of children who were born extremely prematurely to share their experiences of what it is like raising a prematurely born child who is now between 4 and 6 years old.
- This will involve an interview that will take around 1 hour. I am interested in hearing about some of the challenges you face and the support services that are available to help you with these.
- Your name will be kept confidential.
- If you are interested in participating or hearing more about this study please contact me by phone, text or email: 021 252 9039 and carolinalwilson@gmail.com
I am more than happy to discuss the project with you and answer any questions you may have.
Thank you,
Caroline Wilson
Details in PDF form can be seen here.
Note:
This project has been reviewed and approved by the Massey University Human Ethics Committee: Northern, Application 16/13.
If you have any concerns about the conduct of this research, please contact Dr Andrew Chrystall, Chairperson, Massey University Human Ethics Committee: Northern. Telephone (09) 414 0800 x 43317 or email humanethicsnorth@massey.ac.nz
Thanks so much for sharing your personal story!
We get a lot of positive feedback from families in a neonatal unit who read these stories and feel strength, hope and positivity knowing that they are not alone going through these experiences and feeling certain emotions.
If you would like to discuss sharing the story of your neonatal journey, we’d love to hear from you.
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- The Little Miracles Trust provides support to families of premature or sick full-term babies as they make their journey through Neonatal Intensive Care, the transition home, and onwards. We do not receive any Government funding and are entirely reliant on the generosity of individuals, companies and organisations in the form of donations, value-in-kind donations, grants, sponsorship and fundraising events to supplement operating costs and fund our services and initiatives.
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