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Assessing the Impact of a NICU Book Cart on Staff and Caregiver Speech to Very Preterm Infants

2025-11-27 pediatrics Title + abstract only
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ObjectiveTo examine differences in infant-directed talk activities (e.g., reading) before and after introduction of a NICU book cart. Study DesignWe retrospectively analyzed medical record data of infants born <32 weeks gestational age (n = 147) whose NICU stay occurred in the year before or after book cart implementation (6/1/2022). Talk rates and frequencies were calculated from clinically charted family and staff talk data; talk amounts were compared across pre- and post-book cart cohorts, a...

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