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Assessment and Evaluation of the High Risk Neonate: The NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale
Published on: August 25, 2014
Effects of an intervention program and its components on NICU infants
1St. Lukes Hospital, MI.
This study examined the effect of a parent training program and its two components on the development of 48 graduates of neonatal intensive care units. When the infants were 6 months of age, infants whose parents participated in either of the treatment groups that included the parent education class scored higher on the Bayley Mental Scale than the other groups of infants. All treatment group parents were rated by the babies' physicians as providing better nutrition for their infants. The developmental assessment component of the training program was not found to enhance infant mental development. Implications for intervention, program development, and research are presented.
This study examined the effect of a parent training program and its two components on the development of 48 graduates of neonatal intensive care units. When the infants were 6 months of age, infants whose parents participated in either of the treatment groups that included the parent education class scored higher on the Bayley Mental Scale than the other groups of infants. All treatment group parents were rated by the babies' physicians as providing better nutrition for their infants. The developmental assessment component of the training program was not found to enhance infant mental development. Implications for intervention, program development, and research are presented.
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