Dear all who wanted references for NIDCAP:
I saw Barbara's post and posts from several others on H. Als' major paper, so I won't repeat that, but  I'll list a few other ones you may be interested in also.  
Als, Lawhon, Gibes, Duffy, McAnulty, Blickman  (1986). Individualized behavioral and environmental care for the VLBW preterm infant at high risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Neonatal intensive care unit and developmental outcome.  Pediatrics, 78, 1123-1132.

Aylward, Pfeiffer, Wright, Verhulst (1989). Outcome studies of low birth weight infants published in the last decade: a metaanalysis.  Journal of Pediatrics, 115, 515-520.

Duffy, Mower, Jensen, Als (1984).  Neural plasticity: a new frontier for infant development.  In H.E. Fitzgerald, M.M. Lester, and M.W. Yogman (Eds.)  Theory and Research in behavioral pediatrics (Vol. 2, pp.67-96). New York: Plenum.

Fajardo, Browning, Fisher and Paton (1990).  Emergence  of state regulation in VLBW premature infants.  Infant Behavior and Development, 13, 287-303.

Field, T. (1986).  Interventions for premature infants,  Journal of Pediatrics, 109, 183-191.

Glass, Avery, Subramanian, Keys, Sostek, Friendly (1985).  Effect of bright light in the hospital nursery on the incidence of retinopathy of prematurity.  New England Journal of Medicine, 313, 401-440.

my note here:  This bright light business - when I have a baby who is fussy or "shuts down" when it's feeding time, one of the first things I do is to dim the lights, then wait for a few minutes and let baby recover - sure makes a difference in their attention/interaction capabilities.  

Long, Lucey, Philip (1980).  Noise and hypoxemia in the intensive  care nursery.  Pediatrics, 65, 143-145.

I have asked the docs and practitioners to do rounds elsewhere during some feedings - the babies won't suck when the noise level overwhelms them.

Mann, Haddow, Stokes, Goodley, Rutte (1986).  Effect of night and day on preterm infants in a newborn nursery: Randomized trial.  British Medical Journal, 293, 1263-1265.

Murdoch, Darlow  (1984).  Handling during neonatal intensive care.  Archives of Disease in Childhood, 59, 957-961.

These are only a VERY FEW of the references given in my NIDCAP manual at the end of ONE article - as you can see, there is a vast amount of information available.  The problem is to find time to read all these goodies!!

My trainer, Linda Lutes, gave permission for me to post her address and phone # for people requesting more info:
Linda Lutes, M.Ed.
Infant Developmental Specialist
Oklahoma Infant Transition Program
Dept. of Pediatrics
Children's Hospital of Oklahoma
Neonatal/Perinatal Section
940 N.E. 13th St.
Oklahoma City, OK  73104
(405) 271-6625

Linda is not aware if there is a web site for H. Als.  However, she said that it would be fine for me to post Heidielise's phone # - don't be surprised if she answers the phone herself.  Linda says that Heidielise is a very approachable person.   I was looking in my notepad, and I don't guess I got the phone # today - Linda and I flitted quickly from one subject to another.  I'll post it as soon as I have it.
Hope this helps !!
Dani Hudspeth BSN, RN, IBCLC
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