Objective To investigate the effect of kangaroo mother care for low-birth-weight and preterm
infants on parents' mental and physical health. Methods The Cochrane Central Register of …

Abstract Mother-Newborn Couplet Care is a concept and is defined as the provision of care
for a sick or preterm newborn in close proximity to and coupled with the care for the mother …

he KMC implementation strategy targets a broad audience. These include policy-makers
and programme managers at national, regional and local levels, government and …

Aim Skin‐to‐skin contact immediately after birth is recognised as an evidence‐based best
practice and an acknowledged contributor to improved short‐and long‐term health …

Preterm birth and the subsequent hospitalization in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
is a challenging life event for parents and babies. Stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms …

Objective This guideline aims to provide evidence for prevention, recognition, and treatment
of postpartum hemorrhage including severe hemorrhage leading to hemorrhagic shock …

Purpose: The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the effects of the skin‐to‐skin
contact (SSC) method on postpartum depression. Design and Methods: A systematic review …

The first clinical applications of oxytocin (OT) were in obstetrics as a hormone to start and
speed up labor and to control postpartum hemorrhage. Discoveries in the 1960s and 1970s …

Introduction Literature supports numerous benefits of skin-to-skin contact for neonatal
adaptation to extrauterine life and bonding/attachment, but few studies explore the effects of …

Skin-to-skin, or chest-to-chest, contact (SSC) between newborns and their mothers is known
as kangaroo mother care. The physiological and psychological benefits of SSC for infants …