Supporting the Development of Preterm Newborns

描述（由申请人提供）：支持早产儿维达健康通信公司的发展。将为早产儿的父母和在新生儿重症监护环境中工作的专业人员制作和评估一套集成的模块化DVD程序的有效性。项目开发人员将使用最先进的微型摄像设备和新兴的大脑成像技术来教授：胎儿和新生儿大脑;早产儿的神经行为能力;以及支持新生儿重症监护室（NICU）早产儿发展的特定护理策略。美国每年有超过40万婴儿早产。超过50%的儿童在达到学龄时被诊断出患有情绪、行为或学习障碍。目前还没有媒体培训可用于教导家庭和新生儿工作人员关于NICU中的个性化，发育护理以及已知改善早产儿神经系统结果的方法。这些信息有望塑造新生儿重症监护室的护理服务，并帮助父母了解他们的婴儿的能力和脆弱性。第一阶段涉及概念验证和技术研究，以证明可行性。第二阶段计划包括制作支持早产儿新生儿发展的全功能程序组件，以及可用性和验收现场测试，以评估媒体包的功效和受众满意度。除了维达自己的分销网点外，分销网点也已经到位。包括Children's Medical Ventures，Inc。(ad Respironics，Inc.的部门）和CST，Inc.，“Baby Care Link”是一款面向新生儿重症监护病房和医疗保健系统的基于网络的教育软件应用程序。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In Supporting the Development of Preterm Newborns Vida Health Communications, Inc. will produce and evaluate the effectiveness of an integrated set of modular DVD programs for parents of premature infants and professionals working in neonatal intensive care settings. Program developers will use state-of-the-art, miniature camera equipment and emerging brain imaging technologies to teach about: the fetal and neonatal brain; the neurobehavioral competencies of preterm infants; and specific care strategies to support the development of premature infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Over 400,000 infants are born prematurely in the U.S. each year. Over 50% are diagnosed with emotional, behavioral or learning disorders by the time they reach school age. There is no media training currently available to teach families and neonatal staff about individualized, developmental care in the NICU and the ways it is known to improve neurological outcomes of preterm infants. This information is expected to shape care delivery in the NICU and to help parents understand their infants' competencies and vulnerabilities. Phase I involved proof of concept and technique research to demonstrate feasibility. Phase II plans entail production of the fully functional program components of Supporting the Development of Preterm Newborns as well as usability and acceptance field tests to evaluate the media package's efficacy and audience satisfaction levels. Distribution outlets, in addition to Vida's own, are already in place. They include Children's Medical Ventures, Inc. (ad division of Respironics, Inc.) and CST, Inc., developers of "Baby Care Link," a Web-based education software application sold to NICUs and healthcare systems.