ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2022
Maternal language disparities in neonatal intensive care unit outcomes.
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- The explored experiences of Latino families in the neonatal intensive care unit.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Sociodemographic characteristics of maternal presence in neonatal intensive care: an intersectional analysis.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
- Preferred Parental Language and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Among Infants With Acute Provoked Neonatal Seizures in the United States.Pediatric neurology · 2025Article
- Health Disparities in the Management and Outcomes of Critically Ill Children and Neonates: A Scoping Review.Critical care clinics · 2024Article
- Racial and ethnic inequities in the quality of paediatric care in the USA: a review of quantitative evidence.The Lancet. Child & adolescent health · 2024Review
- Infection prevention requires attention to patient and caregiver language: Removing language barriers from infection prevention education.Infection control and hospital epidemiology · 2023Article
- Association of Primary Language with Provision of Mother's Milk Among Very-Low-Birthweight Infants in Massachusetts.Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine · 2023Article
- Massachusetts Multisite Quality Improvement to Address Family Engagement in Level 2-3 Neonatal Intensive Care Units.Pediatric quality & safetyArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine associations of maternal primary language with neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) outcomes (mother's milk at discharge, necrotizing enterocolitis [NEC], late-onset sepsis, weight gain)
designWe performed a retrospective cohort study of mother-infant dyads (<34 weeks' gestation) in 9 NICUs (1/2016-12/2019), examining associations of maternal language (English [ref], Spanish, Other) with NICU outcomes, adjusting for birth weight for gestational age z-score, race/ethnicity, maternal age, and clustering by hospital.
resultsAmong 1402 mothers, 85% spoke English, 7% spoke Spanish, and 7% spoke another language. Compared to English, infants with Spanish-speaking mothers had slower growth (-0.34 z-score units [-0.58, -0.10]). Infants with other non-English-speaking mothers had increased mother's milk at discharge (aOR 1.48 [1.18, 1.85]), NEC (aOR 1.43 [1.05, 1.95]), late-onset sepsis (aOR 2.84) [1.67, 4.83] and slower growth (-0.17 z-score units [-0.29, -0.05]).
conclusionsAfter adjustments, preterm infants with non-English-speaking mothers had worse outcomes than infants with English-speaking mothers.
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