Risk status for dropping out of developmental followup for very low birth weight infants.
The contributing factors to noncompliance with a developmental follow-up program for very low birth weight infants were investigated. At 6 months of age (corrected for prematurity), the stress of daily living was a significant predictor for a mother's compliance with the program. At 24 months of ag...
| Published in: | Public Health Reports Vol. 108; pp. 589 - 595 |
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| Format: | Article |
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Association of Schools of Public Health
September/October 1993
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| Summary: | The contributing factors to noncompliance with a developmental follow-up program for very low birth weight infants were investigated. At 6 months of age (corrected for prematurity), the stress of daily living was a significant predictor for a mother's compliance with the program. At 24 months of age, the predictors include marital status, race, gestational age of the baby, maternal intelligence, and effectiveness expectations. The provision of transport was shown to be an effective intervention strategy for a subgroup of mothers at very high risk of noncompliance due to a variety of biomedical, demographic, and psychosocial factors. |
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