OHSU-led groups provide culturally specific support for NICU families across Portland

Family shares positive experience during five-month NICU stay: ‘These groups make you stronger and remind you that you’re not alone in this’

By Nicole Rideout February 21, 2025 Portland, Oregon

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OHSU-led groups provide culturally specific support for NICU families across Portland

Esther Kangethe was overjoyed to bring home her son, Myles, just before Thanksgiving after a five-month stay in OHSU's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Providers in OHSU Doernbecher’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit have launched culturally specific support groups to equip families with resources and reduce stress and feelings of isolation. (Courtesy of Esther Kangethe)

OHSU-led groups provide culturally specific support for NICU families across Portland

Devlynne Sasha Ondusko, M.D., center, an assistant professor of pediatrics in the OHSU School of Medicine who helped establish the support groups, talks with NICU nurses. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Devlynne Sasha Ondusko, M.D. (OHSU)

OHSU-led groups provide culturally specific support for NICU families across Portland