title: Creating the Action Model for High Risk Infant Follow Up Program in Iran.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Intervention in early childhood development as one of the social determinants of health, is important for reducing social gap and inequity. In spite of increasingly developing intensive neonatal care wards and decreasing neonatal mortality rate, there is no follow up program in Iran. This study was carreid out to design high risk infants follow up care program with the practical aim of creating an model action for whole country, in 2012.
  
  
  METHODS
  This qualitative study has been done by the Neonatal Department of the Deputy of Public Health in cooperation with Pediatrics Health Research Center of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. After study of international documents, consensus agreement about adapted program for Iran has been accomplished by focus group discussion and attended Delphi agreement technique. After compiling primary draft included evidence based guidelines and executive plan, 14 sessions including expert panels were hold to finalize the program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After finalizing the program, high risk infants follow up care service package has been designed in 3 chapters: Evidence based clinical guidelines; eighteen main clinical guidelines and thirteen subsidiaries clinical guidelines, executive plan; 6 general, 6 following up and 5 backup processes. Education program including general and especial courses for care givers and follow up team, and family education processes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We designed and finalized high risk infants follow up care service package. It seems to open a way to extend it to whole country.
authors.affiliation: 1. Dept. of Pediatrics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heidarzadeh
authors.affiliation: 1. Dept. of Pediatrics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Iran.
authors.forename: Behzad
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jodiery
authors.affiliation: 1. Dept. of Pediatrics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Iran.
authors.forename: Kayvan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mirnia
authors.affiliation: 2. Deputy of Public Health, Ministry of Health and Medical Education , Tehran, Iran ; 3. Medical Ethics And Low Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Forouzan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Akrami
authors.affiliation: 1. Dept. of Pediatrics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Bagher
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Hosseini
authors.affiliation: 1. Dept. of Pediatrics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Iran.
authors.forename: Seifollah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heidarabadi
authors.affiliation: 4. Deputy of Public Health, Ministry of Health and Medical Education , Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: HabibeLahi
keywords: Early childhood development; Follow up program; High risk infants