Children (Feb 2021)

The E-Nurture Project: A Hybrid Virtual Neonatal Follow Up Model for 2021

  • Paige Terrien Church,
  • Rudaina Banihani,
  • Jo Watson,
  • Wan Ting Nancy Chen,
  • Marilyn Ballantyne,
  • Elizabeth Asztalos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020139
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 2
p. 139

Abstract

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Neonatal follow-up has long focused on a model of surveillance and identification of short-term outcomes. This model has long become outdated, with evidence documenting the need for longer follow-up with known school-based challenges and significant gaps in knowledge by educators. This article reviews the history of neonatal follow-up and demonstrates a novel approach to neonatal follow-up, built largely with a hybrid virtual platform, which then became essential with the declaration of the pandemic in 2020.

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