OBJECTIVE: Conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis estimating the association
between KMC and neonatal outcomes. DATA SOURCES: PubMed, Embase, Web of …

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 Mother‐infant separation post birth is common. In standard hospital care,
newborn infants are held wrapped or dressed in their mother's arms, placed in open cribs or …

Background Kangaroo mother care (KMC), originally defined as skin‐to‐skin contact
between a mother and her newborn, frequent and exclusive or nearly exclusive …

Background Newborn admission temperature is a strong predictor of outcomes across all
gestations. Hypothermia immediately after birth remains a worldwide issue and, if …

The components of the Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) intervention, their rational bases, and
their current uses in low‐, middle‐, and high‐income countries are described. KMC was …

Although studies have examined the effects of interventions focused on preterm infants, few
studies have examined the effects on maternal distress (anxiety, depressive symptoms, post …

This study was done to evaluate effects of maternal–infant skin-to-skin contact during the first
2 hours postbirth compared to standard care (holding the infant swaddled in blankets) on …

Abstract Since Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) was developed in Colombia in the 1970s, two
trends in clinical application emerged. In low income settings, the original KMC model is …

Scand J Caring Sci; 2013; 27; 345–353 Provision of Kangaroo Mother Care: supportive
factors and barriers perceived by parents Background: Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) …