Kangaroo Care at Birth for Full Term Infants

Walters, Mary; Boggs, Kim; Ludington‐Hoe, Susan M.; Price, Kimberly M.; Morrison, Barbara

doi:10.1097/01.nmc.0000298134.39785.6c

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“…Safarabadi Farahani et al Khadivzadeh et al and Karimi et al reported that SSC had a great positive effect on success rate of the first breastfeeding (100% vs 74%, 89.4% vs 2.2%, and 56.6% vs 35.6%, respectively) (30)(31)(32). These results were almost comparable with the results of studies by Moore et al and Walter et al (57,58). Basiri et al showed that frequency of feeding in the group receiving KMC for > 4 hours was higher than the frequency in the group receiving KMC for < 4 hours was (P < 0.05) (25).…”

Section: Breastfeedingsupporting

confidence: 88%

The Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care on Neonatal Outcomes in Iranian Hospitals: A Review

Sarparast¹,

Farhadi²,

Sarparast³

et al. 2015

J Pediatr Rev

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Context: Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is a supportive technique that beings at the neonatal period and is one of the skin-to-skin contact methods of holding neonate by mother. This method has an important role in exclusive breastfeeding and thermal care of neonates. This study aimed to investigate the application of KMC and evaluate the effect of this technique in different neonatal outcomes, particularly in Iranian neonates. Moreover, this review can be a tool for formative evaluation for this newly introduced treatment intervention in Iran. Evidence Acquisition: This review was conducted in national and international databases concerning experience with KMC on term and preterm neonates admitted in Iranian hospitals from 2006 to 2014. The measured outcomes included physiologic, psychologic, and clinical effects of this practice on newborn infants. Results: In this study, 42 Persian and English language papers were reviewed and finally 26 articles were selected. Various effects of KMC on different factors such as analgesia; physiological effects, breastfeeding, icterus, length of hospitalization, infection, psychologic effects, and weight gain were found. Conclusions:The results showed that as a simple and suitable strategy for increasing the health status of the mothers and newborns, KMC had an important role in improvement of neonatal outcomes in neonatal wards of Iranian hospitals in recent ten years. Therefore, promoting this technique in all neonatal wards of the country can promote health status of this population.

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Section: Breastfeedingsupporting

confidence: 88%

The Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care on Neonatal Outcomes in Iranian Hospitals: A Review

Sarparast¹,

Farhadi²,

Sarparast³

et al. 2015

J Pediatr Rev

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“…They recognized that medical interventions affect mother-infant bonding and the initiation of breastfeeding when the mother does not feel well enough to care for her baby. Consequently, the fathers requested information about how cesarean surgery and other possible complications affect motherinfant bonding and breastfeeding and how fathers can support the clearly described mother-infant dyad (Moore, Anderson, & Bergman, 2007;Walters, Boggs, Ludington-Hoe, Price, & Morrison, 2007) while the mother and child are separated and after they are reunited. A plan for fathers to help if the mother is not able to care for her baby might support fathers having some feeling of control in a frightening situation.…”

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confidence: 99%

Prenatal Parental Education From the Perspective of Fathers With Experience as Primary Caregiver Immediately Following Birth: A Phenomenographic Study

Erlandsson

Häggström‐Nordin²

2010

j perinat educ

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The aim of this phenomenographic study was to capture fathers' conceptions of parental education topics, illuminated by their experiences as primary caregiver of their child immediately following birth. Fifteen fathers were interviewed between 8 days and 6 weeks after the birth of their child. Three categories, five subcategories, and 12 qualitatively different conceptions emerged from the study's findings. The first category showed that parental education emphasizes the importance of normal birth.The second category illustrated that parental education defuses the issue of complicated births. The third category demonstrated that parental education preserves traditional gender roles. The study's results may facilitate efforts to integrate fathers into parental education toward the aim of achieving parity between mother and father in their role as parents.

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“…[18,19] In addition: it regulates heartbeat, body temperature and breathing of the newborn; shortens interval between delivery, and initiation of breastfeeding; calms sleep; elongates breastfeeding period and enhances success of continued breastfeeding. [20,21] Public agencies, NGOs, UNICEF and WHO recommend that breast feeding should begin in the first hour after giving birth and advocate it as the only feeding method for the first 6 months of life. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has recommends that "healthy infants should be placed and remain in direct SSC with their mothers immediately after delivery until the first feeding is accomplished".…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of early maternal/newborn skin-to-skin contact after birth on the duration of third stage of labor and initiation of breastfeeding

Essa

Ismail

2015

JNEP

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The aim of this study was to determine the effect of early maternal /newborn skin-to-skin contact after birth on the duration of third stage of labor and initiation of breastfeeding. A non-randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted at a labor and delivery unit of National Medical Institution in Damanhour, Albehera Governorate, Egypt. A purposive sample of 100 laboring women was recruited. The project included a study group (50) who considered skin-to-skin contact (SSC) and a control group (50) who received routine hospital care. Three tools were used to collect data. The first tool was a structured interview to elicit socio-demographic and obstetric characteristic. Second tool was an assessment of mothers during the third stage of labor. Third tool was the Breastfeeding Assessment Tool, which comprised two parts: The Infant Breastfeeding Assessment Tool (IBFAT): and the outcome assessment of first breastfeeding. The results revealed that success in first breastfeeding was higher among study group compared to control group. There are statistically significant differences between the study and control groups in third stage of labor duration, complete placental separation, and immediate contraction of the uterus, position of uterus, absence of any abnormal signs such as uterine atony or excessive blood loss. The mean duration of the third stage of labor in the study group was significantly shorter (2.8 ± 0.857 minutes) than among those in the control group (11.22 ± 3.334 minutes) (p < .01). The study concluded that mothers who practice early maternal/newborn SSC immediately after birth experience shorter duration of the third stage of labor and early successful initiation of breastfeeding. Consequently, it is recommended that a continuous educational and training program be provided to all midwives and nurses working in the delivery room about the implementation of SSC for all mothers, and clarify the benefits for the mother and her neonate.

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Kangaroo Care at Birth for Full Term Infants

Cited by 49 publications

References 15 publications

The Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care on Neonatal Outcomes in Iranian Hospitals: A Review

The Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care on Neonatal Outcomes in Iranian Hospitals: A Review

Prenatal Parental Education From the Perspective of Fathers With Experience as Primary Caregiver Immediately Following Birth: A Phenomenographic Study

Effect of early maternal/newborn skin-to-skin contact after birth on the duration of third stage of labor and initiation of breastfeeding

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