Abstract
PurposeThis project aims to explore healthcare professionals’ perceptions of providing home phototherapy for neonatal jaundice as part of standard care. Design and MethodsIn-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of nine healthcare professionals from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The data was analyzed according to the Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis using six steps devised by Braun and Clarke for thematic analysis using NVivo Software. ResultsSix major themes were identified that encompassed healthcare professionals’ perceptions of home phototherapy for neonatal jaundice. These themes included: baby factors for home phototherapy, better in own environment, parent factors for home phototherapy, perceived benefits for home phototherapy, perceived risks of home phototherapy, and system factors impacting home phototherapy. ConclusionsHome phototherapy was perceived positively amongst the healthcare professionals. The healthcare professionals expressed many perceived benefits of home phototherapy such as family-centred care, improved bonding, improved establishment of breastfeeding, and decreased healthcare expenditure. Practice implicationsEnables understanding of the barriers to establishing home phototherapy programs and provides a scaffold for the development of these programs.
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