The Primary Care-Video Intervention Therapy for Growth-Vulnerable Infants. A Case Study

Bibliographic Data

ID15511666
AuthorsChiara Sacchi (0000-0002-2520-577X, University of Padua, corresponding author), Sergio Facchini (0000-0003-0684-6683, Pediatric Primary Care Unit, National health Service (Italy), 33080 Pordenone, Italy), George Downing (0009-0001-4852-2073, Université Paris 8), Alessandra Simonelli (0000-0002-1701-3006, University of Padua)
Year2020
Volume17
Issue5
Pages1796-1796
Publication date2020-03-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17051796
PMID32164247
OpenAlexW3011517122
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited36

Perinatal growth vulnerability (e.g., Small for Gestational Age, SGA) poses the goal to not overlook subtle developmental susceptibilities and their impact on the parent-infant relationship. In this case study, we examined the application of a video-feedback intervention program to support parenting, the Primary Care-Video Intervention Therapy (PC-VIT), specifically developed to fit pediatric care characteristics. The case presentation details the principal steps of the intervention with the family of an SGA infant from birth up to toddlerhood. Findings for this family highlighted initial worries about the infant's growth. Along sessions, PC-VIT held maternal anxiety and sustained parents' abilities to recognize and talk about the infant's developmental skills and regulatory abilities. The PC-VIT shows the powerful opportunity to limit the impact of infant growth vulnerability on the parent-child relationship and socio-emotional development. Pediatricians can prevent vulnerable developmental milestones from clinical outcomes by implementing timely and effective strategies embracing mental health and parenting-related issues

Anxiety · Child development · Developmental psychology · Infant development · Infant mental health · Intervention (counseling · Mental health · Obstetrics · Presentation (obstetrics · Psychiatry · Vulnerability (computing · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues · Clinical Psychology · Infant Development and Preterm Care · Medicine · Psychology · Pediatrics

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