Perinatal outcomes in neonates referred to social services in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit from a resource-limited setting: a five-year study

Infants referred to social services in the NICU represent a distinctly vulnerable population characterized by inadequate maternal antenatal care, unmarried status, maternal anemia, and substance exposure. Integrating early social-risk screening into routine antenatal care and strengthening multidisciplinary perinatal-social collaboration may improve outcomes in high-risk families.