Ruth Eckstein Grunau

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    Family Integrated Care: A new paradigm in care for preterm babies

    Family Integrated Care or FICare (pronounced “fie-care”) is a neonatal care program developed to increase interactions between parents and their preterm babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). FICare reduces maternal stress and improves babies’ motor and behavioural outcomes.

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    Research Roundup: January 2022

    Welcome to this month’s Research Roundup, a recurring overview of recent studies published by researchers at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) and the University of British Columbia, and their collaborators.

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    New book shares the latest research on prenatal stress and child development

    When Dr. Tim Oberlander was first hired at Sunny Hill Health Centre more than 25 years ago, he treated developmental problems in infants and children with prenatal exposure to cocaine and methadone and noticed something he didn’t expect.

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