ed from N Engl J Med 2021;384:2028–2038) Infants with low birth weight who are born preterm, are small for gestational age, or both make up a large percentage of all neonatal deaths worldwide. Addressing this disparity and reducing mortality among these infants are crucial to accomplishing ...
improvement approaches. As such, we do not recommend inclusion of questions in surveys regarding cord clamping, drying, or immediate skin-to-skin for all babies (which differs from kangaroo mother care) [57]. Our observation data suggests EIBF was a good tracer indicator for skin-to-skin init...
Background "Kangaroo mother care," a type of newborn care involving skin-to-skin contact with the mother or other caregiver, reduces mortality in infants with low birth weight (<2.0 kg) when initiated after stabilization, but the majority of deaths occur before stabilization. The safety and ...
Kangaroo mother carePretermLow birthweightNewborn careImplementationIntervention costsService readinessPreterm birth complications result in>1 million child deaths annually, mostly in low- and middle-income countries. A World Health Organisation (WHO)-led trial in hospitals with intensive care reported ...
preterminfantson mother-infant interaction quality at 4 months of corrected age in a secondary analysis of data from arandomized clinical trial. Seventy-one infants and 56 mothers were included in the analysis; 37 infants were allocated to standard care and 34 to SSC with either parent after ...