Award Date
May 2024
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Occupational Therapy Doctorate
Department
Brain Health
First Committee Member
Donnamarie Krause
Second Committee Member
Jefferson Kinney
Number of Pages
64
Abstract
Tummy time is a crucial developmental activity for infants. However, many infants are not receiving the recommended amount of time in prone positioning. This doctoral capstone project aims to address this gap through the implementation of an occupational therapy (OT) based tummy time educational resource titled Bonding Through Tummy Time: A Caregiver’s Guide. The resource, a tummy time toolkit, focuses on caregiver and infant interaction during the co- occupation of play using social-emotional developmental strategies as a driving force to complete more tummy time in the home environment. Recruitment of caregivers was done through purposive sampling and participants were surveyed to assess changes in tummy time practices before and after receiving education. Survey results indicated that the educational resource was well-received, and caregivers and their infants increased the quality and quantity of time spent in tummy time. The infant population and OT profession would benefit from further research in this area to contribute to the body of knowledge of caregiver education on tummy time practices.
Disciplines
Occupational Therapy
Degree Grantor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Language
English
Repository Citation
Rattler, Marsha, "Tummy Time Toolkit: Incorporating Social-Emotional Strategies to Increase Caregiver Home Programming Compliance" (2024). UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones. 5070.
http://dx.doi.org/10.34917/37650895
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