Late Preterm Infants

Foreword

Chapter 1. Who is the late preterm infant and what trouble can he potentially gets into after birth?
Shahirose Premji



Chapter 2. Mother's physical health before delivery matters: what happens and why?! Why is hypoglycaemia a potential concern for late preterm infants?
Jennifer Marandola, Gisela Becker



Chapter 3. Mother's emotional health during pregnancy matters: what happens and why?!
Katherine Bright, Gisela Becker



Chapter 4. What do I need to know about the father of a late preterm infant to support him in the postpartum period?
Shahirose Premji 



Chapter 5. The social organization of nurses' work with late preterm infants in non-tertiary settings: say that again?
Catherine Ringham, Shahirose Premji

Chapter 6. Why is it so hard to breastfeed a late preterm infant and what can I do to help parents?
Genevieve Currie



Chapter 7. Why is it so hard to breastfeed a late preterm infant and how to help parents?
Jennifer Marandola, Karen Lasby



Chapter 8. Am I a frequent flyer? Taking care of late preterm infants and their parents in the community
Mary Landsiedel



Chapter 9. Late preterm infants and neurodevelopmental outcomes: Why do I need to serve and return? Are there innovative therapies we can explore?
Aliyah Dosani, Abhay Lodha



Chapter 10. Perspectives from health care providers local to global: Words of wisdom. Personal reflections of caring for late preterm infants
Carole Kenner, Shahirose Premji





Chapter 11. The alternative facts about late preterm infants: You mean there are fake stories about me?
All authors, Shahirose Premji 


Conclusion

Dr. Shahirose Sadrudin Premji, RN, BSc, BScN, MScN, PhD, FAAN, is affiliated with the University of Calgary as an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Nursing, an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, and a nurse scientist.

She has over 25 years' experience in newborn health and has practiced clinically or provided technical expertise internationally (Australia, Canada, China, Kenya, Tanzania, Pakistan and Syria). Dr. Premji's academic involvement began in 1994 at McMaster University as Clinical Lecture while working as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner. She has worked as an Associate Professor and Director, Master of Science in Nursing (MScN) Programme at the Aga Khan University - School of Nursing and Midwifery in Karachi, Pakistan which was as a consultant position with the Aga Khan Foundation Canada - Canadian Development Exchange Program. More recently she was involved in developing research and teaching capacity in the Schools of Nursing & Midwifery in Kenya and Uganda.

Shahirose is the founder and 1st President of the Canadian Association of Neonatal Nurses. She is a former Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Public Health Nurse (postpartum). Her program of research investigates psychosocial, cultural, and environmental factors as both risk factors and targets of intervention to prevent preterm birth and biological mechanisms whereby psychosocial health contributes to preterm birth with a global health perspective. Methodologies she used in previous research include quantitative, qualitative, mixed methodology, and systematic reviews. She has published several book chapters and many peer-reviewed publications, which comprise Cochrane Systematic Reviews (original and updates), research articles, narrative reviews, and meta-analyses.

Shahirose received the College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta's Centennial Award in 2015, and the Jeanne Mance Award (Canadian Association of

"The audience is all healthcare providers involved in the care of these infants: midwives; registered nurses in labor/delivery and postpartum; community-based nurses; and pediatric nurses in clinics and the NICU. ... The best aspect of the book is its readability and the effort the authors make to engage readers by using the first person from an infant perspective. This technique is used to highlight the unique aspects of this population and delineate how they differ from preterm term and term infants." (Ellyn E Cavanagh, Doody's Book Reviews, August 09, 2019)