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Implementing Infant Hearing Screening At Maternal And Child Health Clinics: Context And Interactional Processes, De Wet Swanepoel, René Hugo, Brenda Louw Apr 2005

Implementing Infant Hearing Screening At Maternal And Child Health Clinics: Context And Interactional Processes, De Wet Swanepoel, René Hugo, Brenda Louw

Brenda Louw

Infant hearing screening has become increasingly widespread as research evidence a dramatic benefit when early
identification of hearing loss occurs before six-months of age. The Health Professions Council of South Africa
(HPCSA) has recently published a hearing screening position statement recommending infant hearing screening in three contexts: the well-baby nursery, at discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and at Maternal and Child Health (MCH) clinics. The well-baby nursery and NICUs are established and internationally recognised screening contexts abundantly reported on whilst MCH clinics have not been investigated as screening contexts previously. The objective of this study was therefore …


Verpleegkundiges Se Kommunikasie-Stimulasie Van Hoë-Risiko Babas In Die Neonatale Sorgeenheid : Oorsig, Elmien Kraamwinkel, Brenda Louw Mar 2000

Verpleegkundiges Se Kommunikasie-Stimulasie Van Hoë-Risiko Babas In Die Neonatale Sorgeenheid : Oorsig, Elmien Kraamwinkel, Brenda Louw

Brenda Louw

Early communication intervention services begin in the neonatal intensive care unit, where growing numbers of high-risk infections survive every day.


Attitudes And Perceptions Of Nurses Regarding Early Communication Intervention, Brenda Louw, Ingrid Weber Feb 1997

Attitudes And Perceptions Of Nurses Regarding Early Communication Intervention, Brenda Louw, Ingrid Weber

Brenda Louw

Although nurses play a vital role during Early Communication Intervention with infants and toddlers 0-2 years, limited research has been conducted regarding this role.