The Newborn as a Person: Enabling Healthy Infant Development Worldwide / Edition 1

by J. Kevin Nugent, Bonnie Petrauskas, T. Berry Brazelton

Overview

Advances in the fields of psychology and psychiatry have bolstered the perspective that infants are not the passive recipients of sensory stimulation as it was once thought. Built on T. Berry Brazelton s paradigm-shifting work on the individuality of infants, this book provides relevant information on the necessity for family-centered intervention in the newborn period. Coverage is wide-ranging, authoritative, and practical. This landmark collection includes contributions from T. Berry Brazelton, Tiffany Field, Rachel Keen, and many others. Pediatric professionals will receive practical guidance to support families, immediately beginning in the newborn period.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470386453
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/09/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

J. Kevin Nugent is the founder and Director of the Brazelton Institute at Children's Hospital in Boston and is on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School'in the Department of Pediatrics. He is also Professor of Child and Family Studies at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is coauthor, with Dr. Brazelton, of the Neonatal Behavior and Assessment Scale.

Bonnie J. Petrauskas is the Director of Johnson & Johnson Corporate Contributions and Community Relations.

T. Berry Brazelton, PhD, is a noted pediatrician and author of many scholarly and popular books on infants and toddlers. He is the Chair of the Pediatrics Department of Harvard Medical School, creator of the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale, and is nationally recognized as "America's most celebrated baby doctor since Benjamin Spock."

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Table of Contents

Part I. Looking Back.

Chapter 1. The Discovery of the Human Newborn: A Brief History (J. Kevin Nugent, PhD).

Part II. Contemporary Research And Practice: International Perspectives Research on Newborn Behavior and Development.

Chapter 2. Predicting Development for Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants: Sweden (Karin Stjernqvist, PhD).

Chapter 3. The Effects of Newborn Massage: U.S.A. (Tiffany Field, PhD).

Chapter 4. Perinatal Factors Influencing Development: Spain (Carme Costas-Moragas, PhD).

Chapter 5. Supporting Parents of At-Risk Infants: Lessons from Japan (Shohei Ohgi, PhD and Tomitaro Akiyama, MD).

Chapter 6. The Cultural Context of the Mother-Infant Relationship: Korea (Yeonghee Shin, RN, PhD and Byunghi Park, EdD).

Chapter 7. Moments of Meeting: Pivotal Moments in Mother, Infant, Father Bonding: Switzerland (Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern, MD).

Chapter 8. The Developmental Niche of the Young Infant: Kenya (Charles M. Super, PhD and Sara Harkness, PhD, MPH).

Early Intervention with Infants and Families.

Chapter 9. Early Intervention and Fatherhood: Denmark(Hanne Munck, Cand. Psych.).

Chapter 10. A Model for Working in Community Health Settings: The U.K. (Joanna Hawthorne, PhD and Betty Hutchon, SROT).

Chapter 11. Using the NBO with At-Risk Infants and Families: U.S.A. (Yvette Blanchard, ScD, PT).

Chapter 12. Early Intervention in an Australian Setting (Beulah Warren, MA Hons).

Chapter 13. Reaching Out to Rural Communities: A Community Health Model: Thailand (Nittaya Jirathiyut Kotchabhakdi, MD, MS (MCH) and Naiphinich Kotchabhakdi, PhD).

Chapter 14. Maternal-Child and Family Nursing and Preventive Intervention: U.S A. (Kristie Brandt, RN, CNM, MSN, ND).

New Models in Training Health Care Professionals.

Chapter 15. The Touchpoints Approach (Ann Coleman Stadtler, MSN, CPNP and John Hornstein, EdD).

Chapter 16. The Newborn as a Touchpoint: Training Pediatricians in Portugal (João Gomes-Pedro, PhD, MD).

Chapter 17. Humanizing the Infant: France (Drina Candilis-Huisman, PhD and Marie Fabre-Grenet, MD).

Chapter 18. The NBAS in a North Carolina Clinical Setting: Hospital and Home (James M. Helm, PhD and Marie A. Reilly, PT, PhD).

Chapter 19. Relationship-Based Practice in the Newborn Nursery: Thoughts for the Pediatric Professional: USA (Constance Keefer, MD, Lise Carolyn Johnson, MD, and Susan Minear, MD).

Chapter 20. Preparing Professionals to Work with Newborns: The Brazelton Institute Experience: USA (Jean Gardner Cole, MS, Cecilia F. Matson, MA, and Thembi Ranuga, MPH, MS, APRN-BC).

Chapter 21. Integrating Developmental Principles into the Daily Work of Health Professionals: Italy (Gherardo Rapisardi, MD Adrienne Davidson, MS, BPT, Roberto Paludetto, MD, and Giuseppina Mansi, PhD).

Part III. Looking Towards The Future.

Chapter 22. A View from the Lab (Rachel Keen, PhD).

Chapter 23. Parent-Infant Bonding and Doula Support (John H. Kennell, MD).

Chapter 24. The Brazelton Baby: The Other Side of the Coin (Ed Tronick, PhD).

Chapter 25. Evolving Family Dynamics and Neonatal Assessment (Bonnie J. Petrauskas).

Chapter 26. Future Dialogue Between the Neurosciences and the Behavioral Observation of Infants (Daniel N. Stern, MD and Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern, MD).

Chapter 27. The Role of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale: Personal Reflections (T. Berry Brazelton, MD).

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Jay P. Goldsmith, MD (Tulane University School of Medicine)
Description: This book summarizes over four decades of research on the capacities of newborns to learn, feel, and interact with other humans and their environment. Written by the researchers who did the original work and are the recognized world experts in early childhood care and development, this landmark book is a celebration of how this work has changed healthcare and childcare practices all over the world.
Purpose: The purpose is to review the findings of international researchers on newborn behavior and development in an attempt to begin to answer the question of whether developmental interventions can change the lives of children, especially those born with potential handicaps. These are indeed worthy objectives and the book goes a long way toward achieving this goal.
Audience: It is intended for pediatricians, neonatologists, and any healthcare providers who care for neonates and infants. It will also be useful for professionals and students in child psychology, public health, and child psychiatry as well as early childhood educators. The authors are recognized as the most knowledgeable authorities in this field.
Features: The book begins with a historical review of the "discovery of the human newborn," discussing changes in the appreciation of newborn behavior since the development of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS) by T. Berry Brazelton in 1973. It then goes on to review research and practice in different countries around the world, citing new models for behavioral intervention and models for training healthcare professionals. The book concludes with six chapters which look into the future, discussing such divergent topics as laboratory projects on the newborn's sensitivity to sound to the use of doulas to promote parent-infant bonding. There is very little art in the book and few tables. Although the NBAS is published elsewhere, I would have liked to have seen a well done description, with pictures and problems in its administration, from the people with the most experience in performing this evaluation.
Assessment: This is a festschrift of the NBAS and its influence on newborn care practices over the last nearly half century. It shows how far we have come in our appreciation of newborn behavior and the influences which shape the lives of our children. Hopefully, this milestone will be one of many in this pursuit as this group of researchers and others give us more tools to improve the outcomes of our children, especially those born prematurely, sick, or with handicaps.

Doody's Review Service

The Newborn as a Person: Enabling Healthy Infant DevelopmentWorldwide is a tribute to these 35 years of clinical andempirical use of the NBAS and attests to its immense impact on theway we conceptualize the infant. Its chapters are short and userfriendly; provide concrete clinical examples; cover a range oftopics; and are written by neonatalogists, pediatricians,psychologists, nurses, anthropologists, occupational therapists,social workers, and psychiatrists, all with hands-on experience inneonatal care. The first part of the book provides a historicalperspective on newborn behavior and early relationship research,addressing some of the changes the field has experienced during thelast three and a half decades.
In the second part, clinicians and researchers from around theworld present current studies and contemporary practices of newborncare, discuss the effects of early interventions with infants andfamilies, and describe new approaches to the education and trainingof health care professionals. This section presents a range oftopics- from longitudinal follow-ups of premature infants that linklong-term outcomes to NBAS factors measured at birth, to theeffects of massage, to relationship-based interventions in ruraland urban settings and across the world.
Of special interest to us is the description of the interfacebetween neonate and culture, as discussed by Super and Harknessfollowing their experience with the Kipsigis of Kenya. Theydemonstrate that cultural meaning systems, child care practices,and daily routines not only define the way mothers perceive theirinfants but also shape the newborn’s actual functioning andareas of competence. Due to the fact that, at present, 94 percentif the studies on infant development come from North America orEurope (Celia, 2004), the knowledge we have of infant development,as well as the theoretical frameworks we have for interpreting it,is based on observations conducted in highly specific contexts. Across cultural viewpoint is thus critical to afford a broadervision of the infant as he or she is shaped by a range of culturalcontexts.
The last part of the book points to future directions. It opens thediscussion on how the new body of knowledge gained through the NBASshould be integrated with the second major revolution of thecentury—that of the brain—and incorporated into policy making andprofessional training for those who care for newborns and theirfamilies.
—Reviewed by Ruth Feldman and Dalia Silberstein (Online reviewsJournal of the American Psychological Association. September9, 2009 edition, Volume 54, Issue 36).

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