BACKGROUND In Uganda maternal and neonatal mortality remains high due to a number of factors, including poor quality of care at health facilities. OBJECTIVE This paper describes the experience of building capacity for maternal and newborn care at a district hospital and lower-level health facilities in eastern Uganda within the existing system parameters and a robust community outreach progra...

BACKGROUND Cultural practice have often overlooked when providing maternal and child health care services. Low birth weight is the second cause of neonatal mortality in the world but it is a major factor in a developing country such as Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to predict the neonatal mortality among low birth weight babies in Aceh Province Indonesia. METHODS Unmatched case cont...

BACKGROUND Globally, 15 million babies were born prematurely in 2012, with 37.6 % of them in South Asia. About 32.4 million infants were born small for gestational age (SGA) in 2010, with more than half of these births occurring in South Asia. In Nepal, 14 % of babies were born preterm and 39.3 % were born SGA in 2010. We conducted a study in a tertiary hospital of Nepal to assess the level of ...

ABSTRACT Caring for mothers and newborns after passing through a critical period is very important stage. At this stage, the mother can develop deeper loving relationship with her baby, recover giving birth learn to understand how care baby. In fact, quite lot of are still confused about caring their babies. Research was conducted support in terms independently mother-baby method also attract p...

Joint psychiatric admission to a Mother-Baby Unit (MBU) enables a mother to obtain care for psychiatric disorders and simultaneously receive support in developing her identity as a mother. This care is meant to prevent attachment disorders and mother-baby separation. Outcome on discharge, however, may differ according to the mother's admission diagnosis. Demographic data, clinical features of p...

BACKGROUND In 1978, kangaroo mother care (KMC) was proposed as a caring alternative for low birth weight (LBW) infants. We are reporting here early outcomes of a randomized, controlled trial comparing KMC to traditional care. METHOD An open randomized, controlled trial was conducted in a large tertiary care hospital. All newborn infants </=2000 g, surviving the neonatal period and being eligi...

The debate concerning public health priorities has a relevant place in academic and political discussion. Although topics relating to early childhood care have been recognised for a long time now, the needs and possibilities of approaching childhood and adolescence from the public health point of view have not yet been discussed sufficiently. This supplement for the Revista de Salud Pública is ...

This research aimed to describe mothers' experiences, analyzing them in the light of the principles of the Kangaroo Mother Method (KMM), and discuss the mothers' contributions based on the meanings of these experiences for nursing actions. In data collection, a questionnaire was used that characterized the mothers' socioeconomic profile and, through focus groups, stories were obtained about the...

BACKGROUND Preterm birth is the leading cause of child death worldwide. Small and sick newborns require timely, high-quality inpatient care to survive. This includes provision of warmth, feeding support, safe oxygen therapy and effective phototherapy with prevention and treatment of infections. Inpatient care for newborns requires dedicated ward space, staffed by health workers with specialist ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Kangaroo mother care (KMC - early continuous skin-to-skin contact between mother and infants) has been recommended as an alternative care for low birth weight infants. There is limited evidence in our country on KMC initiated at home. The present study was undertaken to study acceptability of KMC in different community settings. METHODS A community-based pilot study wa...