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Parent Handouts & Fact Sheets

The UW Center on Human Development and Disability and Mary Bridge Children's Hospital & Health Center have developed care guidelines and parent materials for low birth weight and extremely low birth weight babies. The Washington State Department of Health, Children with Special Health Care Needs Program funds these activities. Printed copies of all materials are available by calling Mary Bridge at (253) 403-5525 or downloading the materials as PDF files.

• Watching Your Low Birth Weight Child Grow (Tips for Parents)
  Fairly detailed text with health and developmental information from infancy through 3 years of age. Booklet, 24 pages.

              www.medicalhome.org/4Download/cec/WatchingChild.pdf

• Was Your Baby Born Early? Was Your Baby Born Small?
  Parent companion material to Low Birth Weight Critical Elements of Care for health care professionals. 3 pages. Simpler, shorter message, designed for families who may not choose to get child health and development information by extensive reading. www.medicalhome.org/4Download/cec/BabyBornEarly.pdf

American Academy of Family Physicians

Premature Babies: Caring for Your Baby
A two-page handout covering important health and handling issues to consider during the early months at home after NICU discharge.
familydoctor.org/handouts/283.html

American Medical Association

Care of Premature Infants
Journal of the American Medical Association: Patient Page, Feb 12, 2003, 289(6).
One-page information sheet highlighting health problems premature infants may experience In the NICU and early years of life. www.jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/289/6/796.pdf 

 

 

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