title: An ecological model for premature infant feeding.
abstract: Premature infants are at increased risk for poor health, feeding difficulties, and impaired mother-infant interaction, leading to developmental delay. Social-environmental risks, such as poverty or minority status, compound these biological risks, placing premature infants in double jeopardy. Guided by an ecological model, the Hospital-Home Transition: Optimizing Prematures' Environment intervention combines the auditory, tactile, visual, and vestibular intervention with participatory guidance provided by a nurse and community advocate to address the impact of multiple risk factors on premature infants' development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Women Children and Family Health Science, the University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing (MC 802), 845 South Damen Avenue, Chicago, IL 60612-7350, USA. rwt@uic.edu
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: White-Traut
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Norr
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004463:Ecology; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D018743:Perinatal Care / Q000379:methods*