ERIC Number: ED285687
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Jun
Pages: 48
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Twinshock: Twins Are a Hard Happiness. Issues in the Care of Multiple Birth Children.
Malmstrom, Patricia M.; And Others
The multiple-birth family must struggle to cope with extraordinary issues with little or no information or support, and with little understanding from the community at large. This paper describes such issues and their impact on the lives of families of twins, triplets, quadruplets, and quintuplets from conception through adolescence. An introduction offers facts about twins, risk factors, the TWINLINE service agency, population diversity, lack of resources, psychosocial risks, and common needs of parents identified in TWINLINE service records. Psychosocial issues affecting multiple-birth families are then discussed. Sections of the report concern pre-conception issues, diagnosis, the prenatal period, postpartum issues, going home from the hospital, care of newborn multiples at home, infancy, the toddler and preschool period, school age, teenage years, supertwins (triplets, quadruplets, and quintuplets) and the twin relationship. It is concluded that the unique stresses on California's approximately 50,000 multiple-birth families deserve special attention from medical and social service organizations. Recommendations are offered for supportive policies, education, service delivery, and research. (RH)
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: California State Dept. of Health Services, Sacramento. Maternal and Child Health Branch.
Identifiers - Location: California
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