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Peer reviewedGilkerson, Linda; Als, Heidelise – Infants and Young Children, 1995
This article describes the reflective process component of a multisite study of the effectiveness of family-focused, developmentally supportive care with low birthweight infants. Reflection is felt to be of particular value to developmental care because of the nature of the developmental approach itself, which is theory-guided, relationship-based,…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Development, Conceptual Tempo, Developmental Programs
Miller, C. Arden – 1987
The study examined medical and social services to pregnant women, newborns and their families in 10 European countries and suggested implications for policy and practice in the United States. The 10 countries (Belgium, Denmark, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom) tend…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Comparative Analysis, Death, Foreign Countries
Tinsley, Barbara; And Others – 1989
Statistics show that the improvement in the U.S. infant mortality rate began slowing down in 1981 and completely ended in 1985; this has been reflected in a significant increase in the percentage of infants born prematurely and with low birth weight. Increased attention is being given to the effects of maternal behavior during pregnancy, and…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Health, Health Services, Locus of Control
Download full textBennett, Forrest C.; Hedlund, Rodd E. – 1995
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of the NICU Follow-Through Project, a 3-year project designed to help hospital neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and community developmental centers serving infants with disabilities or very low birth weights (VLBW) replicate the project's innovative and successful training components.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Birth Weight, Early Intervention
National Inst. of Child Health and Human Development (NIH), Bethesda, MD. Center for Research for Mothers and Children. – 1987
This report summarizes research and training activities between 1984 and 1987 of the Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Activities are reported for the following six maternal-infant emphasis areas: (1) high risk pregnancies; (2) fetal pathophysiology; (3) premature birth and labor;…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Birth Weight, Doctoral Programs, Federal Aid
National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality, Washington, DC. – 1988
A child born in Japan, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Australia, Canada, Singapore, or any of 12 other industrialized nations has a better chance of surviving his or her first year than does a child born in the United States. This is because too many babies are born too small, too many are born too soon, and too many mothers never get decent care…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Birth Weight, Community Programs, Employed Parents
