<p><em>Failure to give exclusive breastfeeding infants can be caused by factors in the mother's condition such as confidence or self-efficacy provide breast milk her baby. Most primipara mothers have low due difficulties going through a role transition period and carrying out demands of their new mothers. Kangaroo mother care is method skin-to-skin contact between baby (skin-to-skin...

BACKGROUND Preterm birth is now the leading cause of under-five child deaths worldwide with one million direct deaths plus approximately another million where preterm is a risk factor for neonatal deaths due to other causes. There is strong evidence that kangaroo mother care (KMC) reduces mortality among babies with birth weight <2000 g (mostly preterm). KMC involves continuous skin-to-skin con...

BACKGROUND Kangaroo mother care (KMC), often defined as skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her newborn, frequent or exclusive breastfeeding, and early discharge from the hospital has been effective in reducing the risk of mortality among preterm and low birth weight infants. Research studies and program implementation of KMC have used various definitions. OBJECTIVES To describe the cur...

“Kangaroo mother care” was first described as an alternative method of caring for low birth weight infants in resource-limited countries, where neonatal mortality and infection rates are high because of overcrowded nurseries, inadequate staffing, and lack of equipment. Intermittent skin-to-skin care (SSC), a modified version of kangaroo mother care, is now being offered in resource-rich countri...

Conclusion: The Kangaroo Mother Method promotes the maintenance of the health of these, achieving an improvement in the family dynamics; families with the support and counseling Nursing understand and identify the benefits of the program for the newborn and engage in activities in support mother’s work; there is active participation of the husband and the mother figures in the care of the newbo...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the influence of the Kangaroo Position duration in the initial interactions between mothers and preterm infants. METHODS This is an exploratory prospective observational study that analyzed the mother-infant interaction during breastfeeding, before hospital discharge. All eligible newborns, with a gestational age of 28-32 weeks and a birth weight of 1,000-1,800 g from Jun...