Supporting the Development of Preterm Newborns

描述（由申请人提供）：在支持早产新生儿的发展中，维达健康通信公司将为早产儿的父母和新生儿重症监护机构的专业人员制作并评估一套集成的模块化DVD程序的有效性。程序开发人员将使用最先进的微型摄像设备和新兴的脑成像技术来教授胎儿和新生儿的大脑；早产儿的神经行为能力；以及支持新生儿重症监护病房（NICUs）早产儿发育的具体护理策略。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患有情绪、行为或学习障碍。目前还没有媒体培训来教导家庭和新生儿工作人员在新生儿重症监护室中进行个性化的发展护理，以及已知的改善早产儿神经系统预后的方法。这一信息有望塑造新生儿重症监护室的护理服务，并帮助父母了解婴儿的能力和脆弱性。第一阶段包括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功能齐全的《支持早产新生儿发展》节目组成部分，并进行可用性和接受性实地测试，以评估媒体包的效果和受众满意度。除了Vida自己的销售网点外，分销网点也已经到位。其中包括儿童医疗风险投资公司（呼吸器公司的一个部门）和CST公司，他们是“婴儿护理链接”的开发商，这是一种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.