Review Article OneThe first article, Parents of Premature Babies Two Months After Discharge from Hospital: Am I Still at Risk (Parental)? (Olshtain-Mann, O. & Auslander, G. K, 2008), describes a study in Israel that was designed to gain further understanding of the “emotional state and functioning of parents of premature infants, after an initial period of adjustment following discharge of newborns from a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).” Specifically, this study compared parental stress levels and self-perceptions of competence as parents between mothers and fathers, two months later. the discharge of their babies from the hospital. The study compared parents of premature babies with parents of full-term babies and a mismatched comparison group of 80 pairs of babies. term were interviewed for the study. Respondents were selected as follows: All couples (both mothers and fathers) in both groups spoke Hebrew. Target group included premature infants admitted to neonatal intensive care units of any of the three hospitals in Jerusalem in the period 2001-2002. These premature babies weighed less than 3.85 pounds and were born in the 36th week or earlier. All were treated in the NICU for a week or more. According to the article, exclusions included parents of children who were not expected to survive or those who had congenital anomalies. Parents of full-term babies were targeting newborns born in the same time period and in the same hospitals. group. All children in both groups were single. The interviews were conducted by social workers and followed a specific protocol. A further questionnaire was completed by both mothers and parents... and used to develop programs that will offer support to new parents of high-risk children. Works Cited Olshtain-Mann, O. & Auslander, G. K. (2008). Parents of premature babies two months after discharge from hospital: are they still at risk (parental)? Health and Social Work, 33(4), 299-308. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/210554738?accountid=8289Pierrehumbert, B., Nicole, A., Muller-Nix, C., Forcada-Guex, M., Ansermet, F. Post-traumatic parenting Reactions after premature birth: implications for sleep and feeding problems in the newborn. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2003;88:5 F400-F404 doi:10.1136/fn.88.5.F400Dacey, J., Travers, J. & Fiore, L. (2009) Human Development Across the Lifespan. (7th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.Cogburn, N., Cogburn, N. personal communications, April 5, 2014.