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Reflecting on Participatory Methodologies: Research with Parents of Babies Requiring Neonatal Care
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Foster, Victoria; Young, Alys – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2015
This article concerns a study that examines the attitudes of parents, who have had babies in neonatal care, to sharing their babies' routinely collected health data for research purposes. A participatory methodology was applied to the design of the study; a group of eleven parents who had all previously had babies in neonatal care were involved in…
Descriptors: Neonates, Parent Attitudes, Medical Evaluation, Data Collection
Foetal Antiepileptic Drug Exposure and Verbal versus Non-Verbal Abilities at Three Years of Age
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Meador, Kimford J.; Baker, Gus A.; Browning, Nancy; Cohen, Morris J.; Clayton-Smith, Jill; Kalayjian, Laura A.; Kanner, Andres; Liporace, Joyce D.; Pennell, Page B.; Privitera, Michael; Loring, David W. – Brain, 2011
We previously reported that foetal valproate exposure impairs intelligence quotient. In this follow-up investigation, we examined dose-related effects of foetal antiepileptic drug exposure on verbal and non-verbal cognitive measures. This investigation is an ongoing prospective observational multi-centre study in the USA and UK, which has enrolled…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Seizures, Intelligence Quotient, Preschool Children
Surveillance of Vision and Ocular Disorders in Children with Down Syndrome
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Stephen, Elma; Dickson, Jennifer; Kindley, A. David; Scott, Christopher C.; Charleton, Patricia M. – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2007
Children with Down syndrome have a high prevalence of ocular disorders. The UK Down's Syndrome Medical Interest Group (DSMIG) guidelines for ophthalmic screening were locally implemented into a protocol that included neonatal eye examination by an opthalmologist and a comprehensive ophthalmological examination (cycloplegic refraction,…
Descriptors: Incidence, Down Syndrome, Guidelines, Human Body
Size Constancy at Birth: Newborn Infants' Responses to Retinal and Real Size.
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Slater, Alan; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1990
First, newborns' preferential looking between pairs of stimuli which varied in real size and viewing distance was solely determined by retinal size. Second, newborns desensitized to changes in distance and retinal size strongly preferred an object of a different size to the familiar one. (RH)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neonates, Visual Perception, Visual Stimuli
Factors Affecting Vocabulary Acquisition at Age 2 in Children Born between 23 and 28 Weeks' Gestation
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Marston, Louise; Peacock, Janet L.; Calvert, Sandra A.; Greenough, Anne; Marlow, Neil – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2007
Language development is often slower in preterm children compared with their term peers. We investigated factors associated with vocabulary acquisition at 2 years in a cohort of children born at 28 weeks' gestation or less. For children entered into the United Kingdom Oscillation Study, language development was evaluated by using the…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Premature Infants, Physical Disabilities, Pregnancy
Parents' Experience of Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening: A Critical Review of the Literature and Its Implications for the Implementation of New UNHS Programs.
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Young, Alys; Andrews, Elizabeth – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2001
A review of the literature reporting effects on parents of universal neonatal hearing screening (UNHS) focuses on debates surrounding false positive identification, the evidence base for maternal/parental anxiety, consent, and family cultural/sociodemographic influences on the effective implementation of the UNHS programs, especially the pilot…
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Disability Identification, Family Attitudes, Family Influence
Breaking New Ground: An Exploratory Study of the Role and Education of the Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner. Researching Professional Education. Research Reports Series Number 4.
Redshaw, M. E.; Harris, A. – 1995
A British research study documented and defined the level of functioning of advanced neonatal nurse practitioners (ANNPs) in comparison with qualified nurses and junior pediatric medical staff working in the same neonatal units. Subjects were ANNPs, ANNP students, and clinician mentors in 10 units. Data were collected through interviews,…
Descriptors: Change, Foreign Countries, Infant Care, Job Skills
Service Provision for Preschool Children Who Are Deaf: Parents' Perspectives.
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Robinshaw, Helen; Evans, Roy – Early Child Development and Care, 2001
Reports on data from national review of preschool service provision for deaf children and their families in the United Kingdom. Presents families' responses to early identification; information available after identification; perceptions of partnerships with professionals; and value of family-centered services for themselves, for their children,…
Descriptors: Deafness, Educational Needs, Educational Opportunities, Family Environment
Evaluating the Outcomes of Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Programmes.
Redshaw, Margaret; Hart, Bev; Harvey, Merryl; Harris, Anne – 1999
The outcomes of advanced neonatal nurse practitioner (ANNP) programs in the United Kingdom were examined. The different programs of education currently available for nurses wishing to become ANNPs were compared, and the outcomes of ANNP programs, as demonstrated in the levels of performance of practitioners undertaking different programs, were…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Career Choice, Career Development, Change Strategies