BACKGROUND The practice of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is life saving in babies weighing less than 2000 g. Little is known about mothers' continued unsupervised practice after discharge from hospitals. This study aimed to evaluate its in-hospital and continued practice in the community among mothers of low birth weight (LBW) infants discharged from two hospitals in Kumasi, Ghana. METHODS A lon...

OBJECTIVE To describe the profile of premature newborns participating in the Kangaroo Mother Care Program and the data from follow-up, and to verify possible correlations between these descriptive data. METHODS A descriptive study of 70 children, 5-34 months old, born between April 1999 and 2002, with gestational age of 32.5 weeks, birth weight 1,560 g, participating in the Kangaroo Mother Ca...

Immediately at birth, the preterm infant needs support through the transition from the intrauterine environment to the very different extrauterine life.During the first 24 hours after delivery the neonate experiences the most vulnerable period, since major physiological adjustments are required for survival [1]. During this initial phase, the infant may need support in establishing regular brea...

BACKGROUND Scaling up the implementation of new health care interventions can be challenging and demand intensive training or retraining of health workers. This paper reports on the results of testing the effectiveness of two different kinds of face-to-face facilitation used in conjunction with a well-designed educational package in the scaling up of kangaroo mother care. METHODS Thirty-six h...

The Kangaroo Mother Care is Skin-to-Skin contact provided to the baby for maintain degree of heat and prevent child from Hypothermia. students need awareness about Care. aim this study assess knowledge regarding among B.sc Nursing 3rd year Royal Institute district Gurdaspur. "A kangaroo mother care primigravidapost-natal admitted in Era Hospital Lucknow" : care. :To postnatal mother. To determi...

Background: Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is routinely practiced in post-natal wards for of stable low birth weight (LBW) infants. Objectives the study were conducted to emphasize on role KMC vitals stabilization and gain LBW babies inside neonatal intensive unit (NICU).Methods: Cross-sectional analytical quantitative study.Results: A total 80 (48 males 32 females) enrolled given NICU. Mean was 13...

AIM To study the effect of Kangaroo mother care in the Kangaroo ward in comparison with conventional care at neonatal unit on growth and breastfeeding in very low birth weight infants at 40 weeks' corrected gestational age. METHODS One hundred and forty neonates with birth weight <1500 g were randomized. The primary outcome was the average weight gain (g/kg/day) from the time of randomization...