Published online March 1, 2006
PEDIATRICS Vol. 117 No. 3 March 2006, pp. 940-941 (doi:10.1542/peds.2005-2701)
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COMMENTARY

Progress in Improving the Development of Low Birth Weight Newborns

David Olds, PhD

Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado

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In 1982, with major funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a team of investigators initiated an 8-site randomized, controlled trial of an educational intervention for preterm and low birth weight newborns known as the Infant Health and Development Program. Although interventions had been tested for this population in earlier studies,1 this trial was unique in its boldness of program and research design.

The investigators adapted a promising program for the intervention that consisted of home visiting and educationally enriched day care for children who were aged 0 to 3 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Address correspondence to David Olds, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, 1825 Marion St, Denver, CO 80218. E-mail: olds.david@tchden.org