Kangaroo mother care in the nursery
Date
2001
Authors
Kirsten G.F.
Bergman N.J.
Mary Hann F.
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Abstract
Kangaroo mother care is becoming an integral part of the care of low birth weight infants worldwide. It provides economic savings to families and health care facilities52 and many physiologic5 and psychobehavioral55 benefits to mothers and infants, the most important of which is the promotion of successful breastfeeding. The benefits of breastfeeding, of human milk over formula, and of feeding from the breast per se, are beyond dispute, and so KMC should be actively promoted. The full impact of KMC on breastfeeding low birth weight infants is yet to be realized.
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breast feeding, cost control, follow up, health care personnel, human, infection, low birth weight, maternal care, mother child relation, nursery, nutritional support, position, review, staff training, Breast Feeding, Cost Savings, Evidence-Based Medicine, Health Promotion, Humans, Infant Care, Infant Nutrition Physiology, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Infant, Newborn, Mother-Child Relations, Mothers, Nurseries, Hospital, Touch, Treatment Outcome
Citation
Pediatric Clinics of North America
48
2
48
2