Nurturing the Premature Infant: Developmental Intervention in the Neonatal Intensive Care NurseryEdward Goldson Traditionally, non-medical, developmental intervention with premature infants has been a controversial topic in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). However, a small but growing band of researchers have been pushing for the acceptance of alternative interventions, such as kangaroo care and massage therapy, that do not resort to surgical or other medical practices. Edward Goldson, a pediatrician at Children's Hospital in Colorado, has assembled the top researchers in the field to contribute to this comprehensive volume that deals with non-medical intervention with premature infants. Nurturing the Premature Infant is the first to combine the innovative research in this growing area and present it in a single volume. Not only will it be indispensable to professionals in the field, but it will also be of interest to parents of premature infants. |
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... outcome . The chapters in this book speak to these questions . Each author gives an hypothesis for the intervention , and each has designed clinical studies to test the hypothesis . Data from these studies show a beneficial effect on ...
... outcome . The chapters in this book speak to these questions . Each author gives an hypothesis for the intervention , and each has designed clinical studies to test the hypothesis . Data from these studies show a beneficial effect on ...
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... outcome of the child depends on the caregivers ' ability to recognize and respond to the infant . The interventions that include the parents , or caregivers , are of utmost importance . As the neurologic development of the infant begins ...
... outcome of the child depends on the caregivers ' ability to recognize and respond to the infant . The interventions that include the parents , or caregivers , are of utmost importance . As the neurologic development of the infant begins ...
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... outcomes are achieved . The books opens with a discussion of the NICU environment . A rather bleak picture is painted of this environment , yet it does reflect what has been described in the literature . Clearly some NICUs have begun to ...
... outcomes are achieved . The books opens with a discussion of the NICU environment . A rather bleak picture is painted of this environment , yet it does reflect what has been described in the literature . Clearly some NICUs have begun to ...
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... outcome . Yet they function and perform their work in environ- ments that may not be conducive to their own well - being ( Marshall & Kasman , 1980 ; White - Traut et al . , 1994 ) or to the well - being of the infants they are ...
... outcome . Yet they function and perform their work in environ- ments that may not be conducive to their own well - being ( Marshall & Kasman , 1980 ; White - Traut et al . , 1994 ) or to the well - being of the infants they are ...
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... outcome for infants born prematurely ( Goldson , 1996 ) . Nevertheless , the effect of the NICU environment must also be considered in optimizing the development of a prematurely born infant . To see how altering the light and noise ...
... outcome for infants born prematurely ( Goldson , 1996 ) . Nevertheless , the effect of the NICU environment must also be considered in optimizing the development of a prematurely born infant . To see how altering the light and noise ...
Contents
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2 Reading the Premature Infant | 18 |
3 A Conceptual Framework for Interventions with Low Birthweight Premature Children and Their Families | 86 |
4 Infant Massage Therapy | 102 |
Findings and New Methods for Evaluating Intervention Effects | 111 |
6 Kangaroo Care of the Premature Infant | 131 |
7 The Breathing Bear and the Remarkable Premature Infant | 161 |
8 Clinical Research Implications for Developmental Interventions in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit | 182 |
Index | 193 |
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