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From Hospital to Home: Continuity between Skin-to-Skin Care and Later Verbal Engagement in Infants Born Preterm
Pamela M Rios1, Virginia A Marchman1,2, Molly F Lazarus1,3
1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Abstract:
This descriptive cohort study documented continuity between family-delivered skin-to-skin care rates for preterm infants in the NICU and amount of child-directed speech at child age 9 months. Involvement in skin-to-skin care may be an early marker of caregiver engagement and a target for early interventions that support positive caregiver-infant interactions.
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