The fifth meeting of the PTB TWG-ICS was held on June 13, 2018, in Washington, DC and via web-conference, and focused on family member engagement during inpatient newborn care. Meeting materials and presentations are included below.
Agenda – PTB TWG-ICS – June 13, 2018
Participant List – PTB TWG-ICS – June 13, 2018
Presentations:
- Opening remarks – Jim Litch, Every Preemie–SCALE/GAPPS
- Session 1: Evidence and policy support for family-integrated care
- Nurturing the newborn: evidence base for developmentally supportive care – Susan Niermeyer, USAID
- Standards for improving quality of maternal and newborn care in health facilities – Ornella Lincetto, MCA Department, WHO Geneva
- Effectiveness of family integrated care in NICUs – Karel O’Brien, Department of Paediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System and University of Toronto
- Mother and Baby Friendly Facilities Initiative – Maaike Arts, UNICEF
- Session 2: Emerging models of family-integrated care from LMICs
- Overview of the family centered care SNCU model from India – Arti Maria, RML Hospital, Delhi, India
- Family Participatory Care (FPC) – India scale up case study – Harish Kumar, Jhpiego India
- Overview of the Family-Led Care model from Malawi – Patrice White, Every Preemie–SCALE/ACNM
- Session 3: Roles and responsibilities across the range of care givers
- The role of families during inpatient newborn care – Silke Mader, European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI) – presentation not available online
- The role of fathers in participatory care models – Amanuel Gidebo, Born On Time Consortium
- Developing standard operational procedures of care for inpatient newborn care – Cori Mazzeo, MCSP/Save the Children
- The power of partnership: parents, families, health care providers, communities and systems – Mary Kinney, Save the Children