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  • Pediatric Health
  • Developmental Pediatrics
  • Health Disparities

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  • High-risk infants face developmental challenges.
  • Medical complexity and socioeconomic factors like neighborhood opportunity can influence developmental trajectories.
  • Understanding these combined effects is crucial for targeted interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the combined impact of medical complexity and neighborhood opportunity on infant cognitive, motor, and language development.
  • To identify factors contributing to developmental disparities among diverse racial and ethnic groups.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of electronic health records for 440 high-risk infants (2014-2023).
  • Categorization of medical complexity (complex chronic, noncomplex chronic, nonchronic) using the Pediatric Medical Complexity Algorithm.
  • Assessment of neighborhood opportunity using the Child Opportunity Index 2.0.
  • Tracking developmental progress using Bayley Scales of Infant Development from 4 to 35.6 months.

Main Results:

  • Increased medical complexity was associated with significantly lower cognitive, motor, and language scores.
  • Infants with complex chronic conditions had notably poorer developmental outcomes compared to nonchronic infants.
  • Lower neighborhood opportunity scores correlated with decreased language development, but not cognitive or motor skills.

Conclusions:

  • Medical complexity poses a greater adverse effect on high-risk infant development than prematurity alone.
  • The impact of medical complexity on developmental outcomes is moderated by neighborhood opportunity.
  • Addressing both medical complexity and socioeconomic factors is essential for improving developmental trajectories in high-risk infants.