Translating research findings into practice – the implementation of kangaroo mother care in Ghana
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Translating research findings into practice – the implementation of kangaroo mother care in Ghana
BACKGROUND Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is a safe and effective method of caring for low birth weight infants and is promoted for its potential to improve newborn survival. Many countries find it difficult to take KMC to scale in healthcare facilities providing newborn care. KMC Ghana was an initiative to scale up KMC in four regions in Ghana. Research findings from two outreach trials in South A...
متن کاملProgress with the implementation of kangaroo mother care in four regions in Ghana.
AIM To measure progress with the implementation of kangaroo mother care (KMC) for low birth-weight (LBW) infants at a health systems level. DESIGN Action research design, with district and regional hospitals as the unit of analysis. SETTING Four regions in Ghana, identified by the Ghana Health Service and UNICEF. PARTICIPANTS Health workers and officials, health care facilities and distri...
متن کاملMeasuring implementation progress in kangaroo mother care.
AIM To describe the development and testing of a monitoring model with quantitative indicators or progress markers that could measure the progress of individual hospitals in the implementation of kangaroo mother care (KMC). METHODS Three qualitative data sets in the larger research programme on the implementation of KMC of the MRC Research Unit for Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies i...
متن کاملRecommendations for the implementation of Kangaroo Mother Care for low birthweight infants. International Network on Kangaroo Mother Care.
Good quality care of low birthweight infants could reduce neonatal mortality in low-income countries, but the technologies used in rich countries are inappropriate. Kangaroo Mother Care does not need expensive and sophisticated equipment, and for its simplicity it can be applied almost everywhere, including peripheral maternity units of very low-income countries. Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) can ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Implementation Science
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1748-5908
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-75