Developmental Care of Preterm Infants

描述（由申请人提供）：在“Preterrn的发育护理”中 新闻”，维达健康通信公司。将制作并评估 媒体培训早产儿父母方案的有效性， 在新生儿重症监护室（NICU）工作的专业人员。超过40万 美国每年都有早产儿。超过50%的人 被诊断患有情绪，行为或学习障碍的时候，他们 达到上学年龄。新生儿重症监护室中的个体化、发育支持性护理 已被证明可以改善早产儿的神经功能。 利用几种媒体和新的脑成像的具体优势 技术，早产儿的发育护理将传播 关于神经行为能力和护理的最新信息 早产儿的需求。这些信息有望塑造护理 在新生儿重症监护室分娩，帮助父母了解他们的婴儿？ 发展能力和脆弱性。程序脚本将 在第一阶段结束时完成。评估将包括收集和 分析有关NICU环境的信息，进行焦点小组讨论， 收集有关专业人士对节目脚本的反应的信息;以及 完善第二阶段研究设计。根据建议的修订， 计划将在第二阶段制作，然后使用 准实验，前测，后测与对照组设计。 拟议的商业应用：新生儿重症监护病房（984）和早产儿（40万）的数量每年都在增长。 “早产新生儿的发育护理”将向以下人员推销：维达现有的40 000多名健康教育工作者的数据库;儿科医生;儿科医生;新生儿护士;发育专家;早期干预专家;职业、呼吸和物理治疗师。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In the "Developmental Care of Preterrn Newborns", Vida Health Communications, Inc. will produce and evaluate the effectiveness of media programs to train parents of premature infants and professionals working in Newborn Intensive Care Units (NICUs). Over 400,000 infants are born prematurely in the U.S. each year. Over 50 percent are diagnosed with emotional, behavioral or learning disorders by the time they reach school age. Individualized, developmentally supportive care in the NICU has been demonstrated to improve neurological outcomes of preterm infants. Drawing on the specific advantages of several media and new brain imaging technologies, Developmental Care of Preterm Newborns will disseminate state-of-the-art information about the neurobehavioral competencies and care requirements of preterm babies. This information is expected to shape care delivery in the NICU and to help parents understand their infants? developmental competencies and vulnerabilities. Program scripts will be complete by the conclusion of Phase 1. Evaluation will include collecting and analyzing information about the NICU environment, conducting focus groups to gather information about professional responses to the program scripts; and refining the Phase 2 study design. Incorporating recommended revisions, the programs will be produced in Phase 2 and then evaluated using a quasi-experimental, pre-test, post-test design with a comparison group. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: The numbers of NICUs (984) and of preterm newborns (400,000) are growing annually. "The Developmental Care of Preterm Newborns" will be marketed to: Vida's existing database of more than 40,000 health educators; neonatologists; pediatricians; neonatal nurses; developmental specialists; early interventionists; occupational, respiratory and physical therapists.