Home intervention for premature infants of low-income families.
Low-income families with premature newborns received home intervention regarding the care and development of their infants. Infants in these families were found to have higher mental ability scores, to be judged as having easier temperaments, and to be more likely to live in homes which facilitated development than were matched controls at one year of age.
D002657:Child Development; D002668:Child Rearing; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care / Q000379:methods; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000523:psychology*; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009519:New York City; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011203:Poverty; D012931:Social Environment