In 1992, AWCH conducted a national survey on the psychosocial care of children and their families in hospital. The survey was repeated in 2004, in partnership with the University of Western Sydney (UWS), using the same research instrument (a questionnaire).
The AWCH 2005 National Survey Report on the Psychosocial Care of Children and Their Families in Hospital outlines the facilities and services currently operating in Australian hospitals that have significance for the quality of care for children, young people and their families.
This report follows a nation-wide survey of hospitals offering paediatric facilities, conducted by the Association for the Welfare of Children in Hospital between October 1990 and March 1991. The focus of the survey was the various aspects of psychosocial care of hospitalised children.
As more and more young people with chronic illness survive into adulthood, transition from paediatric to adult health services has become an important consideration for young people, their families and health professionals.
