Observational studyJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2019
The impact of parental primary language on communication in the neonatal intensive care unit.
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34 citing papers in PubMed.
- Familial involvement in infant cares in the setting of language discordant nurse-family pairings.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Article
- Language access in the neonatal intensive care unit: inequities, legality, practice, and call to action.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Article
- Risk profiles of motor deficits in preterm infants: a cluster analysis approach.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion considerations for anti-racist, equity-focused NICU family mental health.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Review
- Pediatric Gastrostomy Educational Materials: A Health Literacy Assessment.Clinical pediatrics · 2026Article
- Promoting bonding and secure attachment in the NICU to improve parent-infant mental health: recommendations for clinical practice.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Review
- Care Across Contexts: Patterns of Caregiver-Infant Engagement in Spanish- and English-Speaking Families of Preterm Infants.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Experiences of NICU healthcare workers serving a high-risk population in a border community in Hidalgo County, Texas.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Article
- The explored experiences of Latino families in the neonatal intensive care unit.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Transfers: A Critical Juncture in the Trajectory of Neonatal Critical Illness.Journal of pediatrics. Clinical practice · 2025Article
- Demographic and clinical predictors and inter-center variability of tube feeding in preterm NICU patients.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
- Experiences of communication in the neonatal intensive care unit for mothers with a preferred language other than English.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
- Language barriers and mental health problems of preschool children born very preterm in Germany.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2025Observational
- Preferred Parental Language and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Among Infants With Acute Provoked Neonatal Seizures in the United States.Pediatric neurology · 2025Article
- Parent and staff focus groups to address NICU racial inequities: "There's radical optimism in that we're in a different time and we're not doing it alone".Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
- Increasing in-person medical interpreter utilization in the NICU through a bundle of interventions.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
- "AJP reports · 2025Article
- Equity-Focused Interventions Improve Interpreter Use in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.Pediatrics · 2025Article
- Health Disparities in the Management and Outcomes of Critically Ill Children and Neonates: A Scoping Review.Critical care clinics · 2024Article
- Perinatal Outcomes of Immigrant Mothers and Their Infants Born Very Preterm across Germany.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveLanguage barriers contribute to suboptimal healthcare delivery. We sought to explore disparities in communication between English and Spanish-speaking parents and their neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) providers. STUDY
designWe compared English-speaking versus Spanish-speaking parents' understanding of their infant's diagnosis through a structured interview.
resultsSpanish-speaking parents were four times (RR 4.0, 95% CI: 1.5, 11.0; p = 0.004) more likely to incorrectly identify their child's diagnosis than English-speaking parents. Spanish speakers also self-reported lower understanding of NICU interventions. Physicians provided updates to Spanish-speaking parents in their native language only 39% of the time.
conclusionsSpanish-speaking NICU parents more commonly misunderstood aspects of their child's care than did English-speaking parents. Providers' failed to communicate with Spanish-speaking families in their native language the majority of the time. Additional research is needed to assess the barriers to effective communication between NICU providers and Spanish-speaking parents.
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