Enhancing the Development of Low-Birthweight, Premature Infants: Changes in Cognition and Behavior over the First Three Years

Brooks‐Gunn, Jeanne; Klebanov, Pam Kato; Liaw, Fong-ruey; Spiker, Donna

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.1993.tb02940.x

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“…The DEF intervention was adapted from a home-visiting program 31–33 , and focuses on parent education about children's motor, cognitive, and language development. DEF parent coaches provided general information about developmental milestones and suggested developmentally-appropriate activities for parents to engage in with their child.…”

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Intervention Effects on Diurnal Cortisol Rhythms of Child Protective Services–Referred Infants in Early Childhood

2015

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Importance A number of interventions for at-risk children have shown benefits immediately after treatment. However, the present study shows persistent long-term effects of a parenting intervention on children's hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) activity, a physiological stress system that is implicated in numerous psychological and physical health problems across the lifespan. Objective To examine whether differences in diurnal cortisol production between children receiving the active parenting intervention and children in the control group persisted at a preschool follow-up (approximately 3 years post-intervention). Design Between-subject comparison of cortisol patterns among 2 groups of children (experimental and control groups). Setting Children involved with Child Protective Services following allegations of neglect. Participants A sample of 115 children (43.5% female) between 46.5 and 69.6 months of age (M = 50.73, SD = 4.98), who had been previously randomly assigned to either the ABC intervention (n = 54) or the control intervention (n = 61). Intervention The Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up Intervention (ABC) was the experimental intervention and it focused on three aims: increasing parental nurturance to child distress, increasing synchronous interactions, and decreasing frightening parental behavior. The control intervention provided educational information about child development to parents. Both interventions were manualized and involved 10 sessions implemented by a trained parent coach in the families' homes or other places of residence. Main Outcome Measure Salivary cortisol samples collected at waking and bedtime for children on 3 separate days. Results Analyses revealed significant differences in cortisol production at the preschool follow-up, such that children in the ABC intervention group exhibited a typical pattern with higher morning levels and a steep decline across the day, whereas the control group showed a flatter cortisol rhythm with blunted morning levels. Conclusions and Relevance Differences in cortisol production between the experimental and control group persisted at the preschool follow-up and resembled differences initially observed 3 months post-intervention. This is encouraging evidence that the ABC intervention for CPS-referred children may have long-lasting effects on a physiological stress system critical for health and adjustment. Trial Registration “Intervening Early with Neglected Children” NCT02093052 ClinicalTrials.gov

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Intervention Effects on Diurnal Cortisol Rhythms of Child Protective Services–Referred Infants in Early Childhood

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“…It was adapted from a home-visiting program that was previously shown to be effective in enhancing intellectual functioning (Brooks-Gunn, Klebanov, Liaw, & Spiker, 1993; Ramey, McGinness, Cross, Collier, & Barrie-Blackley, 1982; Ramey, Yeates & Short, 1984). Components that targeted parental sensitivity were removed to keep the interventions distinct.…”

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Intervention effects on negative affect of CPS-referred children: Results of a randomized clinical trial

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Child Abuse & Neglect

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Exposure to early adversity places young children at risk for behavioral, physiological, and emotional dysregulation, predisposing them to a range of long-term problematic outcomes. Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) is a 10-session intervention designed to enhance children’s self-regulatory capabilities by helping parents to behave in nurturing, synchronous, and non-frightening ways. The effectiveness of the intervention was assessed in a randomized clinical trial, with parents who had been referred to Child Protective Services (CPS) for allegations of maltreatment. Parent-child dyads received either the ABC intervention or a control intervention. Following the intervention, children from the ABC intervention (n = 56) expressed lower levels of negative affect during a challenging task compared to children from the control intervention (n = 61).

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“…The IHDP was a randomized clinical trial that tested the efficacy of educational and family support services in reducing the incidence of developmental delays in LBW (2,500 g or less), preterm infants (37 weeks or less gestational age; Brooks-Gunn, Klebanov, Liaw, & Spiker, 1993;Gross, Spiker, & Haynes, 1997;Infant Health and Development Program, 1990). Infants were screened for eligibility if they were 40 weeks postconceptional age between January 7, 1985 and October 9, 1985, and were born in one of the eight participating medical institutions (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences at Little Rock, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Harvard University Medical School; Miami University School of Medicine; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas; University of Washington School of Medicine at Seattle; and Yale University School of Medicine).…”

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Transitions On and Off AFDC: Implications for Parenting and Children's Cognitive Development

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The goal of current national and state legislation on welfare reform is to decrease the number of people who are dependent on public assistance, most of whom are mothers and their young children. Mothers' patterns of welfare receipt in the 3 years following the birth of a child were examined vis-à-vis their associations with maternal emotional distress (General Health Questionnaire), provision of learning experiences (Home Observation of the Measurement of the Environment), parenting behavior, and the child's cognitive test score (Stanford-Binet) in the third year of life. The data set was the Infant Health and Development Program, an eight-site randomized clinical trial designed to test the efficacy of educational and family support services in reducing developmental delays in low-birthweight, preterm infants (N = 833). Strong negative associations were found between receiving welfare and parenting behavior and child outcomes at age 3 years. Outcomes varied depending on when the mother received public assistance (earlier or later in her child's first 3 years) and family poverty status on leaving welfare. The parenting behavior of mothers who had left welfare by their child's third birthday was more likely to be authoritarian if she had left public assistance without also leaving poverty. Implications of these findings for the well-being of children in low-income families are discussed.

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Enhancing the Development of Low-Birthweight, Premature Infants: Changes in Cognition and Behavior over the First Three Years

Cited by 124 publications

References 81 publications

Intervention Effects on Diurnal Cortisol Rhythms of Child Protective Services–Referred Infants in Early Childhood

Intervention Effects on Diurnal Cortisol Rhythms of Child Protective Services–Referred Infants in Early Childhood

Intervention effects on negative affect of CPS-referred children: Results of a randomized clinical trial

Transitions On and Off AFDC: Implications for Parenting and Children's Cognitive Development

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