Separation between mothers and very low birthweight infants is often prolonged with subsequent psychological distress, behaviour problems, and lactation failure. Babies as small as 700 g, who no longer require oxygen, can be safely and enjoyably held naked, except for a nappy, between the mother's breasts for up to four hours a day. We have carried out a randomised trial among babies less than ...

UNLABELLED Theme: Child protection and managing risk. BACKGROUND Skin-to-skin contact in the first hour of life has benefits for the mother and the newborn, as well as a major role in establishing breastfeeding. OBJECTIVES Determine the prevalence of skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding within the first hour of life. METHOD A systematic review of literature followed by a quantitative an...

BACKGROUND Skin to skin contact (SSC) at birth is the standard of care for newborns without risk factors. However, implementation of SSC at birth has been far from optimal. A qualitative study was undertaken to determine the barriers, enablers and potential solutions to implementation of SSC at birth in healthy newborn infants in a level III neonatal-care facility in Bangalore, India. METHODS...

In this review, we discuss the current knowledge on the tribology of human skin and present an analysis of the available experimental results for skin friction coefficients. Starting with an overview on the factors influencing the friction behaviour of skin, we discuss the up-to-date existing experimental data and compare the results for different anatomical skin areas and friction measurement ...

Objective: Transdermal hormonal drugs without protective covering may pose a risk for skin-to-skin hormone transfer through contact from the dosed to undosed person. Currently, no in vitro methodologies are available assess potential of skinto- skin drug transfer. This study aimed develop an permeation test (IVPT) evaluate impact use conditions (e.g., dosing duration and time), on skin-to drugs.