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Preterm birth and parent-child relationships: the long-term impact for children and adolescents

Posted on 17 April 2023

The family environment influences the child's social-emotional development. Especially in preterm-born children, these influences seem to be greater than in peers born at term. O'Brien and others studied the relationship between preterm children and their parent-child relationship. The findings show that there is a stronger link between maternal conflict and increased socioemotional difficulties in very preterm children than in children born at term. Preterm birth (<37 weeks of gestation) may lead to many negative…

Keeping parents and their babies close – results of an international study on implementation, facilitators, and barriers in neonatal units

Posted on 11 January 2023

Family integrated care (FICare) is important for parent and infant health. A recent study gives an overview of current facilitators and barriers to parent-infant closeness and zero-separation in hospitals in 19 countries. The findings show that the separation of parents and their babies is very common. The study found four themes that could help explain the challenges that families and healthcare professionals encounter: Culture, Collaboration, Capacities and Coaching. When mother and child are separated during…

Other content tagged: Parent-infant closeness

Preterm birth and parent-child relationships: the long-term impact for children and adolescents

Keeping parents and their babies close – results of an international study on implementation, facilitators, and barriers in neonatal units

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