PMID- 25969705
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150513
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 2008-7802 (Print)
IS  - 2008-8213 (Electronic)
IS  - 2008-7802 (Linking)
VI  - 6
DP  - 2015
TI  - Innovation of High-risk Infants Follow-up Surveillance System in Iran.
PG  - 35
LID - 10.4103/2008-7802.156072 [doi]
LID - 35
AB  - BACKGROUND: Early childhood development is one of the most social determinants of 
      health that must be notified in order to reducing social gap and inequity. In 
      spite of increasingly developing intensive neonatal care wards and decreasing 
      neonatal mortality rate, there is no follow-up surveillance system to identify 
      high-risk infants (HRI) and their health problems for timely intervention after 
      discharge. This study was carried out to design and pilot high-risk infant 
      follow-ups (HRIFs) surveillance system, in Alzahra Hospital, a tertiary level 
      center of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (TUOMS), in 2012-2013. METHODS: 
      In this qualitative research after studying international documents, consensus 
      about criteria of HRIs accomplished by focus group discussion. Then, Delphi 
      agreement technique was used to finalizing assessment timetable. In the second 
      phase, we piloted the designed surveillance system in Alzahra Hospital, a 
      tertiary level center of TUOMS. Pilot study was implemented by follow-up team 
      organized in designed model at the first phase of the study. Then, the findings 
      of the pilot study were being assessed by an expert panel. If the members agreed 
      on made decisions, they were being placed on the agenda of the national committee 
      of development care of newborns for final approval. RESULTS: High-risk infants 
      follow-up surveillance system was designed in following steps: Defining of 
      evidence-based criteria of HRIs, organizing the follow-up team, regulating the 
      organs and neurodevelopment assessment timetable, publishing a health certificate 
      notebook for HRIs, and designing Access database software for data collection, 
      report and evaluation. CONCLUSIONS: We designed and piloted HRIFs surveillance 
      system, so this system was institutionalized in Alzahra Hospital, finally. It can 
      be prepared to apply in the whole country, after detecting the quantitative 
      outcomes and developing the program in East Azarbijan.
FAU - Jodeiry, Behzad
AU  - Jodeiry B
AD  - Pediatric Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, 
      Iran.
FAU - Heidarzadeh, Mohammad
AU  - Heidarzadeh M
AD  - Pediatric Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, 
      Iran.
FAU - Mirnia, Kayvan
AU  - Mirnia K
AD  - Pediatric Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, 
      Iran.
FAU - Akrami, Forouzan
AU  - Akrami F
AD  - Medical Ethics and Law Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical 
      Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Heidarabadi, Seifoallah
AU  - Heidarabadi S
AD  - Pediatric Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, 
      Iran.
FAU - Ebadi, Ali
AU  - Ebadi A
AD  - Pediatric Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, 
      Iran.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20150429
PL  - Iran
TA  - Int J Prev Med
JT  - International journal of preventive medicine
JID - 101535380
PMC - PMC4421883
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Follow-up
OT  - Iran
OT  - high-risk infants
OT  - surveillance system
COIS- Conflict of Interest: None declared.
EDAT- 2015/05/15 06:00
MHDA- 2015/05/15 06:01
PMCR- 2015/04/29
CRDT- 2015/05/14 06:00
PHST- 2014/02/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/02/23 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/05/14 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/05/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/05/15 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2015/04/29 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - IJPVM-6-35 [pii]
AID - 10.4103/2008-7802.156072 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int J Prev Med. 2015 Apr 29;6:35. doi: 10.4103/2008-7802.156072. eCollection 
      2015.