作者
Christina T Mathias, Solange Mianda, Julius N Ohdihambo, Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Alice Singo-Chipofya, Themba G Ginindza
发表日期
2021/8/23
来源
African journal of primary health care & family medicine
卷号
13
期号
1
页码范围
2856
出版商
AOSIS
简介
Background
Kangaroo mother care (KMC) has been widely adopted in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) to minimise low birthweight infants’ (LBWIs) adverse outcomes. However, the burden of neonatal and child mortality remains disproportionately high in LMICs.
Aim
Thus, this scoping review sought to map evidence on the barriers, challenges and facilitators of KMC utilisation by parents of LBWIs (parent of low birthweight infant [PLBWI]) in LMICs.
Methods
We searched for studies conducted in LMICs and published in English between January 1990 and August 2020 from SciELO, Google Scholar, JSTOR, LILACS, Academic search complete, PubMed, CINAHL with full text, and Medline databases. We adopted Arksey and O’Malley’s framework for conducting scoping reviews. Potential studies were exported to Endnote X7 reference management software for abstract and full article screening. Two …
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