Kangaroo mother care in the nursery

G F Kirsten; N J Bergman; F M Hann

doi:10.1016/s0031-3955(08)70036-1

Kangaroo mother care in the nursery

Pediatr Clin North Am. 2001 Apr;48(2):443-52. doi: 10.1016/s0031-3955(08)70036-1.

Authors

G F Kirsten¹, N J Bergman, F M Hann

Affiliation

¹ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Tygerberg Hospital and the University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa. gfk@gerga.sun.ac.za

PMID: 11339163
DOI: 10.1016/s0031-3955(08)70036-1

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 facilities and many physiologic and psychobehavioral 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.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Breast Feeding / psychology
Cost Savings
Evidence-Based Medicine
Health Promotion / methods
Humans
Infant Care / economics
Infant Care / methods*
Infant Care / psychology*
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Infant, Low Birth Weight / physiology*
Infant, Low Birth Weight / psychology*
Infant, Newborn
Mother-Child Relations*
Mothers / education
Mothers / psychology*
Nurseries, Hospital
Touch*
Treatment Outcome