Home intervention for premature infants of low-income families. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Low-income families with premature newborns received home intervention regarding the care and development of their infants. Infants in these families were found to have higher mental ability scores, to be judged as having easier temperaments, and to be more likely to live in homes which facilitated development than were matched controls at one year of age.

publication date

  • April 1, 1984

Research

keywords

  • Child Development
  • Home Care Services
  • Infant, Premature
  • Poverty

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0021279725

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1984.tb01493.x

PubMed ID

  • 6731592

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 54

issue

  • 2