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Beyond the First Wave: Consequences of COVID-19 on High-Risk Infants and Families.

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Lemmon, ME; Chapman, I; Malcolm, W; Kelley, K; Shaw, RJ; Milazzo, A; Cotten, CM; Hintz, SR
Published in: Am J Perinatol
October 2020

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is affecting care for high-risk newborns in ways that will likely be sustained beyond the initial pandemic response. These novel challenges present an urgent imperative to understand how COVID-19 impacts parent, family, and infant outcomes. We highlight three areas that warrant targeted attention: (1) inpatient care: visitation policies, developmental care, and communication practices; (2) outpatient care: high-risk infant follow-up and early intervention programs; and (3) parent psychosocial distress: mental health, social support, and financial toxicity. Changes to care delivery in these areas provide an opportunity to identify and implement novel strategies to provide family-centered care during COVID-19 and beyond. KEY POINTS: · The COVID-19 pandemic is influencing care delivery for high-risk newborns and their families.. · Rapid changes to care delivery are likely to be sustained beyond the initial pandemic response.. · We have an urgent imperative to understand how COVID-19 impacts infant, parent, and family outcomes..

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Am J Perinatol

DOI

EISSN

1098-8785

Publication Date

October 2020

Volume

37

Issue

12

Start / End Page

1283 / 1288

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Visitors to Patients
  • Videoconferencing
  • Telephone
  • Telemedicine
  • Social Support
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Risk
  • Professional-Family Relations
  • Pneumonia, Viral
  • Perinatal Care
 

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Lemmon, M. E., Chapman, I., Malcolm, W., Kelley, K., Shaw, R. J., Milazzo, A., … Hintz, S. R. (2020). Beyond the First Wave: Consequences of COVID-19 on High-Risk Infants and Families. Am J Perinatol, 37(12), 1283–1288. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1715839
Lemmon, Monica E., Ira Chapman, William Malcolm, Kelli Kelley, Richard J. Shaw, Angelo Milazzo, C Michael Cotten, and Susan R. Hintz. “Beyond the First Wave: Consequences of COVID-19 on High-Risk Infants and Families.Am J Perinatol 37, no. 12 (October 2020): 1283–88. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1715839.
Lemmon ME, Chapman I, Malcolm W, Kelley K, Shaw RJ, Milazzo A, et al. Beyond the First Wave: Consequences of COVID-19 on High-Risk Infants and Families. Am J Perinatol. 2020 Oct;37(12):1283–8.
Lemmon, Monica E., et al. “Beyond the First Wave: Consequences of COVID-19 on High-Risk Infants and Families.Am J Perinatol, vol. 37, no. 12, Oct. 2020, pp. 1283–88. Pubmed, doi:10.1055/s-0040-1715839.
Lemmon ME, Chapman I, Malcolm W, Kelley K, Shaw RJ, Milazzo A, Cotten CM, Hintz SR. Beyond the First Wave: Consequences of COVID-19 on High-Risk Infants and Families. Am J Perinatol. 2020 Oct;37(12):1283–1288.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Perinatol

DOI

EISSN

1098-8785

Publication Date

October 2020

Volume

37

Issue

12

Start / End Page

1283 / 1288

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Visitors to Patients
  • Videoconferencing
  • Telephone
  • Telemedicine
  • Social Support
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Risk
  • Professional-Family Relations
  • Pneumonia, Viral
  • Perinatal Care