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Items in this list may be obtained from the sources cited. Contact information reflects the most current data about the source that has been provided to the MCH Digital Library.

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Aris C, Weeks C, American Association of SIDS Prevention Physicians. n.d.. Taking your baby home from the NICU: Facts about safe sleep. [Marietta, GA]: American Association of SIDS Prevention Physicians, 6 pp.

Annotation: This brochure is for parents taking home their newborn that has been discharged from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). It defines sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and provides advice on safe sleep positioning and environments for the infant at home. Topics also include the increased risk factors for SIDS of infants that have needed special care at birth, the importance of breastfeeding, not sharing a bed with an infant by parents or siblings, "tummy time", proper bedtime clothing and temperature, the use of a pacifier, and a safe crib. It mentions differences between how things were done in the NICU and how they should be done at home.

Contact: American Association of SIDS Prevention Physicians, 528 Raven Way, Naples, FL 34110, Telephone: (239) 431-5425 Fax: (239) 431-5536 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.aaspp.net Available from the website.

Keywords: Brochures, Consumer education materials, High risk infants, Hospitals, Infant health, Injury prevention, Neonatal intensive care units, Prevention, SIDS, Sleep position

Sudden Infant Death Services of the Mid-Atlantic. n.d.. Safe sleep for your special baby. Haymarket, VA: Sudden Infant Death Services of the Mid-Atlantic, 2 pp.

Annotation: This brochure for parents of a premature baby discusses safe sleep practices that should be followed once the infant is discharged from the hospital. It discusses practices suitable for the NICU that are no longer needed and may be unsafe once the infant is at home. It provides tips on following the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines on back sleeping, safe cribs, not covering the baby's head and face, no smoking, no overheating, talking with others who care for the baby, and tummy time for the awake infant who is closely supervised.

Contact: Sudden Infant Death Services of the Mid-Atlantic, P.O. Box 799, Haymarket, VA 20168, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.sidsma.org/ Available from the website.

Keywords: Consumer education materials, Hospitals, Neonatal intensive care units, Premature infants, Prevention, SIDS, Sleep

Payne E, Garcia S, Minkovitz C, Grason H, Strobino D. 2017. Strengthen the evidence base for maternal and child health programs: NPM 3–Risk-appropriate perinatal care [NPM 3 brief]. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Women's and Children's Health Policy Center, 3 pp.

Annotation: This brief identifies evidence-informed strategies that state Title V programs may consider implementing to increase the percentage of very low birth weight (<1500 gm) infants born in hospitals with a level III or higher neonatal intensive care unit. Contents include information about the methods and results of the evidence review, key findings, and implications. The full review is also available. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Women's and Children's Health Policy Center, 615 North Wolfe Street, Room E4143, Baltimore, MD 21205, Telephone: (410) 502-5450 Fax: (410) 502-5831 Web Site: http://www.jhsph.edu/wchpc Available from the website.

Keywords: Block grants, Childbirth, Evidence-based practice, High risk pregnancy, Hospitals, Infant mortality, Intervention, Literature reviews, Low birthweight, Measures, Model programs, Neonatal intensive care units, Newborn infants, Perinatal care, Policy development, Program planning, Protective factors, Regional medical centers, Regional planning, Resources for professionals, State MCH programs, Systems development, Title V programs

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Women's and Children's Health Policy Center. 2015. Strengthen the evidence for MCH programs: Environmental scan of strategies National Performance Measure (NPM) #3: Perinatal regionalization. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Women's and Children's Health Policy Center, 6 pp.

Annotation: This environmental scan identifies collections of strategies to advance performance for NPM #3: Perinatal Regionalization--percent of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants born in a hospital with a Level III+ neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). It includes a list of reviews and compilations on the topic; frameworks and landmark initiatives; databases and related search terms; and inclusion and exclusion criteria. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Women's and Children's Health Policy Center, 615 North Wolfe Street, Room E4143, Baltimore, MD 21205, Telephone: (410) 502-5450 Fax: (410) 502-5831 Web Site: http://www.jhsph.edu/wchpc Available from the website.

Keywords: Block grants, Evidence-based practice, Hospitals, Literature reviews, Low birthweight infants, Measures, Model programs, Neonatal intensive care units, Perinatal care, Policy development, Program planning, Regional planning, Resources for professionals, State MCH programs, Title V programs

Texas Breastfeeding Collaborative. 2013. Improving breastfeeding support through milk banks. Boston, MA: National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality , 1 video (4 min., 4 sec.).

Annotation: This video provides a tour of the Mother's Milk Bank of North Texas. The video explores how the milk bank works, explains why breastfeeding is important for mothers and infants, and discusses why donation milk is important for helping families to support breastfeeding. The video describes the screening and approval process for donors and explains how milk is tested, stored, mixed, bottled, pasteurized, and released to hospitals for use—primarily in neonatal intensive care units.

Contact: National Institute for Children's Health Quality, 30 Winter Street, Sixth Floor, Boston, MA 02108, Telephone: (617) 391-2700 Secondary Telephone: (866) 787-0832 Fax: (617) 391-2701 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nichq.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding promotion, Community programs, Hospitals, Infant health, Mothers, Multimedia, Neonatal intensive care units, State programs, Texas, Videos, Women', s health

Hartwell CL. 2010. The many faces of America's children's hospitals: Spotlight on children's hospitals within hospitals. Philadelphia, PA: Health Strategies and Solutions, 16 pp.

Annotation: This white paper provides information about different types of children's hospitals and discusses the pros and cons of children's hospitals within general hospitals vs. freestanding children's hospitals. The paper discusses the pressure to choose which type of hospital to develop, children's hospital within a hospital genres, selecting an appropriate children's hospital genre, what every children's hospital must have, the four genres (freestanding look-alike, neonatal intensive care unit-centric, system consolidator, and community hospital) and the outlook for children's hospitals within hospitals.

Contact: Health Strategies and Solutions, 1628 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Telephone: (215) 363-3500 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.hss-inc.com/ Available from the website.

Keywords: Child health, Costs, Hospitals, Infant health, Neonatal intensive care units, Financing, Public policy

State University of New York, Upstate Medical University College of Nursing. [2009]. Sudden infant death syndrome: Facts for NICU nurses. Syracuse, NY: State University of New York, Upstate Medical University College of Nursing,

Annotation: This online resource addresses neonatal nurses about the known hazards that contribute to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and how preventive measures can be incorporated into the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and demonstrated to new parents before discharge of the infant. The half-hour video component of the training defines SIDS and sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), the history of SIDS in the United States, SIDS biology and possible causes, external stress factors, other etiologies, risk factors, AAP guidelines, the Back to Sleep campaign, co-sleeping and co-bedding, as well as the role of the NICU nurse as an educator for new parents. Quizzes are given at intervals during the video presentation. Additional resources on the web site include references, a final quiz, an evaluation, and instructions for receiving continuing education credit.

Contact: State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, 7250 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210-2375, Telephone: (315) 464-5540 E-mail: http://www.upstate.edu/about/contact.php Web Site: http://www.upstate.edu Available from the website.

Keywords: Hospital nurseries, Multimedia, Neonatal death, Neonatal intensive care units, Nurses, Prevention, Resources for professionals, SIDS, Training materials, Videos

Sedlmeyer J. 2005. Implementing the AAP SIDS prevention guidelines during discharge planning in the NICU. Fairfax, VA: Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, 57 slides.

Annotation: This PowerPoint presentation from the 2005 Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs conference describes activities of a SIDS Prevention Task Force which developed neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) sleeping guidelines and a parent handout for parents whose preterm infants grew closer to corrected gestational age and would be soon discharged from the hospital. It provides background of the task force, facts about SIDS, the importance of NICU staff in reducing the risk of SIDS, and behaviors that should be taught to parents. It illustrates what parents see in the NICU that are contrary to the guidelines and provides a chart describing the new guidelines for the Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children NICU.

Contact: U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (888) 275-4772 Secondary Telephone: (877) 464-4772 Fax: (301) 443-1246 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.hrsa.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Guidelines, Hospitals, Neonatal intensive care units, Prevention programs, SIDS

Mitchell A. 1987. Risks of Medication Procedures in Hospitalized Children [Final report]. Brookline, MA: Children's Hospital,

Annotation: This study was designed to generate a number of hypotheses concerning the hazards of medication procedures among infants cared for in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). By describing patterns of use of medication procedures and identifying hazards associated with such exposures, the researcher sought to reduce the morbidity and mortality resulting from routine therapeutic practices in the NICU. Among the project's findings were links between: (1) The risk of hyperglycemia and dextrose infusion; (2) the risk of intracranial hemorrhage and use of heparin; (3) shock/rash reaction and the use of Vancomycin; and (4) increased serum bilirubin levels following pancuronium bromide. The investigator recommended continued efforts to understand the risks associated with medications and procedures used in NICUs to treat babies. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB88-173679.

Keywords: Hospitalized infants, Medication, Neonatal Intensive Care Units, Neonatal morbidity, Neonatal mortality, Newborn infants

Allan G, Boggs TR, Clark EL, Ghiates MP, Hervada AR, Kendall N, Leinbach H, Miller WJ, Nelson NM, Peckham GJ Sisson TRC. 1974. Report of the Committee on Infant Intensive Care. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Governor's Health Task Force, Committee on Infant Intensive Care, 77 pp.

Annotation: This report provides eleven recommendations designed to reduce neonatal and infant mortality in Pennsylvania, along with supporting data. It emphasizes consolidation and regionalization of perinatal services. The recommendations address definition of fetal death and abortion; reporting abortions; changes in death certificates; availability of perinatal mortality data; regulations for obstetric and newborn hospital services; appointment of a Pennsylvania Department of Health technical advisory body; appointment of a Pennsylvania Maternal and Child Health advisory council; establishment of a program for secondary education in perinatal health; study of inter-hospital transport of distressed newborn and care teams; proposed legislation for health insurance coverage of the unborn or newborn infant; and care for uninsured mothers and infants requiring intensive perinatal or neonatal care.

Keywords: Abortion, Death certificates, Fetal death, Hospital services, Infant mortality, Neonatal intensive care units, Neonatal mortality, Pennsylvania, Regulations, Statistics

American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Hospital Care. 1963. Care of children in hospitals. (2nd ed.). Evanston, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Hospital Care, 152 pp.

Ives OB. 1962. Planning nurseries for newborn in the general hospital. Washington, DC: U.S. Children's Bureau, 26 pp.

Annotation: This study provides guidance on determining the size of the nursery, basic recommendations, rooming in, full-term nurseries, cohort nurseries, premature nurseries, observation nurseries, and nurses' stations. Suggested floor plans are included. Accessory rooms not shown in the plans, but discussed, are the formula room, nurses' locker room, demonstration room, and storage room. Finishes, air conditioning and ventilation, and electrical service are also discussed.

Keywords: Facility design and construction, Hospital nurseries, Hospital units

U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service . [1955]. Public health service regulations, part 53: Pertaining to the Hospital Survey and Construction Act, as amended . [Washington, D.C]: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service , 54 pp.

Annotation: These public health service regulations describe hospital construction and facilities requirements, including general standards for construction and equipment, the distribution of hospital beds, and methods of administration across states. Included are definitions of key terms and the specific requirements based on type of hospital. Regulations for hospital nursery departments and pediatric services are included.

Contact: Google Books, Web Site: http://www.books.google.com

Keywords: Facility design and construction, Health facilities, Hospital units, Hospitals, Legislation, Regulations

Reed LS, Hollingsworth, H. 1953. How many general hospital beds are needed?. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Bureau of Medical Services, 23 pp.

Annotation: This report examines available data on the number of general hospital beds needed to meet the country's needs. Included in the analysis is a review of previous estimates on the number of hospital beds needed to serve the population; a review of changes over the years in hospitalization utilization; and a new estimate on the volume of hospital service needed and number of beds required to meet current needs. Included are statistics on the number of beds needed in maternity wards and the number of beds needed for children and adults. The report includes state-by-state data and an analysis of hospital bed needs based on demographics.

Contact: HathiTrust Digital Library, University of Michigan, Telephone: (734) 764-8016 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.hathitrust.org/digital_library Available from Hathitrust via participating libraries.

Keywords: Health facility planning, Hospital units, Hospitals, Statistics

Dunham, EC, Tesone, OF, Tesone, SL. 1942. Plans for hospital nurseries for newborn infants. [Washington, DC]: U. S. Department of Labor, Children's Bureau , 5 pp.

Annotation: This paper is part of a report read at the Second American Congress on Obstetrics and Gynecology (Section on Hospital Administration) in 1942. It highlights the importance of hospital care for newborn infants, particularly those who are premature, and outlines a method to determine the number of rooms, size of rooms, and cribs/bassinets needed to meet the needs of small, medium, and large hospitals. Written by architects, the paper also describes the accessory units (milk rooms, supply and utility rooms, demonstration rooms, etc); the square footage needed per infant and room unit, and the most effective room layouts to accommodate cribs, waste containers, changing tables, and other infant care essentials. Illustrated diagrams are included.

Contact: Google Books, Web Site: http://www.books.google.com

Keywords: Architecture , Facility design and construction, Hospital nurseries, Hospital units, Hospitals, Newborn infants, Premature infants
   

The MCH Digital Library is one of six special collections at Geogetown University, the nation's oldest Jesuit institution of higher education. It is supported in part by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under award number U02MC31613, MCH Advanced Education Policy with an award of $700,000/year. The library is also supported through foundation and univerity funding. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.