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Several projects have evaluated different aspects of FINE and more studies are in progress.
Exploring the influence of FINE 2, Practical Skills for Family-Centred Developmental Care, on practice.
Gibbs D, Warren IM, 2022. Implementing infant and family-centred developmental care: Exploring the impact of an innovative educational initiative. Acta Paediatr. 00: 1– 9.
Report on the positive perceptions of staff on the impact that FINE training has on infants, parents and their own confidence and job satisfaction.
Warren I, Mat-Ali E, Green M, Nyathi D, 2019. Evaluation of the Family and Infant Neurodevelopmental Education (FINE) programme in the UK. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 25(2): 93-98.
An outline of the basic principles, core themes and step-by-step agenda of FINE.
Warren I, 2017. Family and Infant Neurodevelopmental Education: an innovative, educational pathway for neonatal healthcare professionals. Infant. 13(5): 200-203.
Background reading to the FINE topic “Nurturing Staff”.
Warren I, 2017. Creating a Holding Environment for Caregivers, The Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing, 31 (1):51-57.
Background to the EVIN Scale, one of the tools included in FINE.
Warren I, Hicks B, Kleberg A, Eliahoo J, Anand KJS, Hickson M, 2016. The validity and reliability of the EValuation of INtervention Scale: preliminary report. Acta Paediatr, 105: 618-622.
Kleberg A, Warren I, Norman E, Mörelius E, Berg AC, Mat-Ali E, Holm K, Fielder A, Nelson N, Hellström-Westas L. 2008. Lower stress responses after Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program care during eye screening examinations for retinopathy of prematurity: a randomized study. Pediatrics. 121(5):e1267-78.
Mason, L., Marufu, T. C., Warren, I., Nelson, D., Cooke, S., Laparidou, D., & Manning, J. C. 2024. Interventions for supporting parents of infants requiring neonatal inter-hospital transport: A systematic review. Nursing in Critical Care, 29(1), 164-177.
Mendizabal-Espinosa, R. M., & Warren, I. 2020. Non-evidence-based beliefs increase inequalities in the provision of infant and family-centred neonatal care. Acta Paediatrica, 109(2), 314-320.
You can download the posters and click the image thumbnails to view the presentations online.
You can purchase copies of our books via the Bookshop page.
First Steps for Parents in the Neonatal Unit
First Steps for Parents in the Neonatal Unit is a little booklet that helps parents to understand how they can participate in their baby’s care at the start of their journey when they may feel overwhelmed by the amount of information presented to them and need some simple practical guidance to start them off.
Available to purchase as a bulk order via the bookshop.
You can view a PDF preview booklet here.
Caring for your Baby in the Neonatal Unit: A Parents’ Handbook
Caring for your Baby in the Neonatal Unit is a beautifully illustrated handbook for parents, guiding them step-by-step to understand what their baby expects and needs from them, teaching them to have faith in themselves and the vital part they play in their baby’s care, no matter how small or fragile they might be. There is information about preterm and newborn development, about how to adjust the care of a small, sensitive or sick baby, and how to provide the loving contact that every baby needs.
Available to purchase as an individual copy or as a bulk order via the bookshop.
Your Preterm Baby’s Care and Development at Home: A Parents’ Handbook
Although written with preterm babies in mind this little book will be useful for any parent whose baby needed neonatal intensive care. As they leave the neonatal unit, they may wonder what lies ahead; their hopes and fears may make them vulnerable and unsure about what to do. This little book is packed with information about what to expect and how to guide their baby’s development in the early months at home.
Available to purchase as an individual copy or as a bulk order via the bookshop.
Flyers, posters and practical tip sheets to share.
FINE is aligned with several internationally recommended standards of practice for infant and family-centred developmental care. Learn more.
EFCNI European Standards of Care for Newborn Health. Infant and Family-Centred Developmental Care.
https://www.efcni.org/health-topics/in-hospital/developmental-care
The EFCNI standards explain the evidence-based rationale, benefits, and components of infant and family centred developmental care with stepwise guides to 10 key areas of practice.
Developmental Care Standards for Infants in Intensive Care.
Report of the First Consensus Conference on Standards, Competencies and Best Practices for Infant and Family-Centered Developmental Care in the Intensive Care Unit.
https://nicudesign.nd.edu/nicu-care-standards/
Evidence-based recommendations for best practice in six sections covering key areas of infant and family-centred developmental care.
Recommended standards for NICU design.
White, R. Introduction to the 10th edition of the recommended standards for newborn ICU design. J Perinatol 43 (Suppl 1), 1 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-023-01813-2
Altimier, L., Barton, S.A., Bender, J. et al. Recommended standards for newborn ICU design. J Perinatol 43 (Suppl 1), 2–16 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-023-01784-4
Updated evidence-based standards for the physical and developmental environment of the neonatal nursery.
Bliss Baby Charter.
https://www.bliss.org.uk/health-professionals/bliss-baby-charter
The Bliss Baby Charter is a practical framework for neonatal units to self-assess the quality of family-centred care they deliver against a set of seven core principles. It enables units to audit their practices and develop meaningful plans to achieve changes that benefit babies and their families. Within the first of seven principles of the Bliss Baby Charter, units are requested to evidence their developmental care practices, the foundations of which are covered in FINE training.
NIDCAP Nursery Assessment Scales.
https://nidcap.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/NNACP-Guide-Rev-28Sep2015.pdf
This detailed assessment instrument evaluates the quality of infant and family-centred developmental care in neonatal nurseries through 121 individual scales in sets relating to the physical environment, the philosophy and implementation of care of the infant, family and staff. The multidisciplinary team and parents can use the scales to assess the nursery’s strengths and challenges thereby enabling them to identify and prioritise goals.
NIDCAP (Newborn Individualised Developmental Care and Assessment Program)
The NIDCAP Federation International (NFI) provides advanced training in neurobehavioural observation and care planning and a programme for assessing and developing infant and family-centred developmental care in the neonatal unit. The NFI endorses FINE as preparation for NIDCAP training. The website has a variety of information sources for parents and professionals and lists its worldwide network of training centres, many of which are also FINE training Centres.
We are delighted to announce the launch of the ‘First Steps in Family and Infant Neurodevelopmental Education’ eLearning program developed in collaboration with the Australasian NIDCAP centre. This short programme, which takes approximately 1 hour to complete, is an interactive introduction to the key principles of Family and Infant Neurodevelopmental Education (FINE).
Access is via the following link: https://schp.org.au/fineaustralia. The program cost is $99AUD per registration (Approximately €47, £57, $64USD).
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