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Direct linkKovachy, Vanessa N. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Children born preterm, defined as children born prior to 37 weeks gestational age, are at increased risk for cognitive, academic, and social-emotional impairments and disability. The gap in performance between preterm children and full-term peers has been well-documented from the earliest stages of schooling well into adulthood. However, it has…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, At Risk Persons, Academic Ability, Cognitive Ability
Rachel L. Goldin – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Advances in neonatal technology have improved survival rates of children born at lower and lower birthweight and after fewer and fewer weeks of gestation. However, these children are at increased risk of experiencing developmental delays. As weeks of gestation and birthweight decrease, the risk of developmental impairment and severity increases.…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, At Risk Persons, Developmental Delays, Body Weight
Imgrund, Caitlin – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Children born preterm constitute one of the largest populations of children at risk for the development of language impairments. A little over one in ten pregnancies result in a preterm birth and approximately 25% of these children go on to experience subsequent difficulties with language (CDC, 2015; Foster-Cohen, Friesen, Champion, &…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, At Risk Persons, Language Impairments, Language Acquisition
Adkins, Cherie Sue – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Having a preterm-born child is often fraught with ongoing challenges for the child's mother. Yet little is known regarding how that experience, over time, may influence the mother's health and well-being, how it influences her perceptions and practices of parenting, and the meaning(s) she attributes to it. The purpose of this study was…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Mothers, Premature Infants, Nurses
Whittington, Crystal – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the role of touch in the parental experience of having an infant in the NICU. Using a narrative analysis methodology, the researcher interviewed six parents who currently had infants in the NICU. Both mothers and one father were interviewed. Infant ages ranged from 24-28 weeks gestation and all…
Descriptors: Nurses, Pregnancy, Premature Infants, Young Children
McPhee, Karen Boulos – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of the study was to examine the perceived needs and correlates of Maine parents of premature infants related to the chronological distance from the NICU. The study focused on identifying the perceived service needs of parents of premature children and how these needs changed over time, revealed the relationships between perceived…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Early Intervention, Premature Infants, Identification
