Maternal Health Risk Assessment and Behavioral Intervention in the NICU Setting Following Very Low Birth Weight Delivery
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Maternal Health Risk Assessment and Behavioral Intervention in the NICU Setting Following Very Low Birth Weight Delivery Anne L. Dunlop1 · Kristi Logue1 · Castalia Thorne1
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016
Abstract Objectives To investigate whether maternal health risk assessment and behavioral intervention in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) improves women’s health care seeking and health behaviors following the birth of a very low birth weight (VLBW) infant. Methods Using a quasi-experimental non-equivalent control group pretest/posttest design, 80 women who had given birth to a VLBW infant that was admitted to the NICU were enrolled into one of two cohorts: 40 into a ‘Minimal Intervention’ cohort, who received a single session risk assessment and health education pamphlets, and 40 into an ‘Enhanced Intervention’ cohort, who received five counseling sessions targeting identified risks. The proportion of women with specific health care seeking and health behaviors in the two cohorts were compared at baseline and 3- and 9-months post-intervention. Results Women in the Enhanced Intervention cohort were more likely to attend the postpartum visit (73 % vs. 48 %; p = 0.04), ingest folic acid daily (65 % vs. 19 %, p
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