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Review
. 2021 Feb 12;8(2):139.
doi: 10.3390/children8020139.

The E-Nurture Project: A Hybrid Virtual Neonatal Follow Up Model for 2021

Paige Terrien Church  1 , Rudaina Banihani  1 , Jo Watson  1 , Wan Ting Nancy Chen  1 , Marilyn Ballantyne  2 , Elizabeth Asztalos  1
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Review

The E-Nurture Project: A Hybrid Virtual Neonatal Follow Up Model for 2021

Paige Terrien Church et al. Children (Basel). .

Abstract

Neonatal follow-up has long focused on a model of surveillance and identification of short-term outcomes. This model has long become outdated, with evidence documenting the need for longer follow-up with known school-based challenges and significant gaps in knowledge by educators. This article reviews the history of neonatal follow-up and demonstrates a novel approach to neonatal follow-up, built largely with a hybrid virtual platform, which then became essential with the declaration of the pandemic in 2020.

Keywords: COVID-19; neonatal follow-up; preterm infant; social media; virtual clinic.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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