Use of the Brazelton neonatal assessment scale to educate parents of high-risk infants

Abstract

This article describes how the Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale might be used to assist parents in recognizing their infant's cues and capabilities. Infants to whom the scale as administered were high‐risk babies requiring care in an intensivecare unit. The scale can be a useful component of an educational program for parents of newborns.

A review of brazelton-based interventions to enhance parent-infant interaction

“…Besides its informational function, others have argued for the utility of the BNBAS as an intervention device for increasing parental involvement in high-risk families (Clarke and Tesh, 1980;Juntti, 1982;Powell, 1981). Still others have sought to experimentally validate the use of the BNBAS as a means for enchancing mother-and father-infant interactions, in both non-risk and high-risk samples.…”