Aim This paper integrates clinical expertise to earlier research about the behaviours of the
healthy, alert, full‐term infant placed skin‐to‐skin with the mother during the first hour after …

Breast-feeding initiation within the first half hour after birth is one of the World Health
Organization recommendations. However, in most hospitals, mother-infant contact and …

Background Perceived milk supply is an important modifiable factor for optimal
breastfeeding. However, little is known about maternal perception of milk supply or how it …

Background Mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact (SSC) after birth brings about
numerous protective effects; however, it is an intervention that is underutilized in Iraq where …

Background Initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of birth can avert 22% of newborn
mortality. Several factors influence breastfeeding practice including mothers' socio …

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 …

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 …

Background: Although the benefits of immediate, continuous, uninterrupted skin-to-skin
contact (SSC) and early breastfeeding have been widely researched and confirmed, the …

Objective: Evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and practices of grandmothers that support or
discourage the breastfeeding process. Method: This is a meta-synthesis based on the …

Background: One of the causes of postpartum hemorrhage is prolongation of third stage of
labor. Mother-infant skin to skin contact (SSC) immediately after delivery is one of the non …