The evolution of the science of kangaroo (mother) care (skin‐to‐skin contact)

2019 ◽  
Vol 111 (15) ◽  
pp. 1032-1043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raouth R. Kostandy ◽  
Susan M. Ludington‐Hoe
Keyword(s):  
Kangaroo Mother Care ◽  
Skin Contact ◽  
Skin To Skin

scholarly journals Kangaroo Mother Care and Swaddling Methods In Low Born Weight Babies In Community Settings: A Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1186-1195
Author(s):  
S. Tauriana ◽  
Joni Haryanto ◽  
Retnayu Pradanie
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Body Temperature ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Kangaroo Mother Care ◽  
Fat Reserves ◽  
Skin Contact ◽  
Low Weight ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Skin To Skin

Infants born with low birth weight or LBW are very susceptible to hypothermia due to the thin fat reserves under the skin and immature heat regulating centers in the brain. The search for articles consisted of five databases, namely Scopus, Science Direct, PubMed, Garuda, and Proquest. Analysis of 25 articles on kangaroo mother care and self-care showed that kangaroo mother care can keep the baby's body temperature stable and reduce the risk of hypothermia in newborns with low weight and make it easier for the baby to breastfeed. This systematic review shows that the kangaroo mother care method has a more significant impact on baby weight gain and the stability of the baby's body temperature by maintaining skin to skin contact between mother and baby for later implementation in the community. This method is more effective than the swaddling method.  Keyword: Kangaroo Mother Care; Swaddling; Low Birth Weight; Community  

scholarly journals PENGALAMAN IBU DALAM PELAKSANAAN PERAWATAN METODE KANGURU DI RUMAH TERHADAP BAYI BERAT BADAN LAHIR RENDAH DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS PARONGPONG KABUPATEN BANDUNG BARAT

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Solfiani Ebrin Toni ◽  
Monalisa Sitompul ◽  
Evelyn Hemme Tambunan
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Treatment Method ◽  
Kangaroo Mother Care ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Kangaroo Care ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenology ◽  
Skin Contact ◽  
Skin To Skin

ABSTRAK Pendahuluan: perawatan Metode Kanguru (Kangaroo Mother Care) adalah perawatan untuk bayi berat lahir rendah atau bayi yang lahir prematur dengan melakukan kontak kulit antara bayi dan kulit ibu atau skin to skin contact, dimana ibu menggunakan suhu tubuhnya untuk menghangatkan bayi. Tujuan: penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi pengalaman ibu mengenai pelaksanaan perawatan metode kanguru di rumah pada BBLR di Wilayah kerja Puskesmas Parongpong Kecamatan Bandung Barat. Metode: penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif fenomenalogi. Penelitian ini melibatkan 3 orang Key Informant dengan teknik proposive sampling, memenuhi kriteria memiliki BBLR dan berpengalaman menggunakan PMK selama di rumah. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan cara wawancara yang dilengkapi dengan pedoman wawancara. Wawancara direkam kemudian di buat transkrip verbatim dan dianalisis dengan metode Colaizzi. Hasil: dalam penelitian ini adalah tiga tema dan dua belas kategori yang muncul. Diskusi: hasil penelitian memberikan saran bagi ibu, institusi kesehatan keluarga agar mendukung ibu yang memiliki BBLR dalam melaksanakan PMK dan menjadi pedoman penelitian lanjutan bagi bidang penelitian. ABSTRACT Introduction: : Kangaroo Care (Kangaroo Mother Care) is a treatment for low birth weight baby or infants born prematurely with contact the skin between baby and mother's skin or skin to skin contact, which is body temperature can be spark the baby. Objective: this study aims to identify the mother's experience over the treatment method of kangaroo in the house for low birth weight in the work area of the Puskesmas Parongpong West Bandung. Method: this research is a qualitative phenomenology which involved three Key Informants using proposive sampling technique with criteria experienced using kangaroo care at home for baby with low birth weight. The data collected through indepth interview, which is equipped with the guidelines interview. The interview recorded and transcript to using verbatim and analyzed by the method of Collaizzi. Results: there are three themes and twelve categories merges in this study. Discussion: this study provided advice for mothers, the family's health to support mothers with LBW in implementing the PMK and to guide further research for the wide research field of research.

scholarly journals Assessment and Correction of Stress in Preterm Infants and Their Mothers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iryna Sarapuk ◽  
Halyna Pavlyshyn
Keyword(s):  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Cortisol Level ◽  
Salivary Cortisol ◽  
Kangaroo Mother Care ◽  
Overall Design ◽  
Skin Contact ◽  
Salivary Cortisol Level ◽  
Baseline Response ◽  
Cortisol Levels ◽  
Skin To Skin

Abstract The objective was to study the peculiarities of hormonal stress in preterm infants in the NICU and their mothers, and to investigate how skin-to-skin contact influences it. The study included 60 preterm infants with GA˂32 weeks who were treated in NICU and their mothers. The overall design was a baseline-response design. Saliva was collected before (baseline) and after skin-to-skin contact to measure cortisol by enzyme immunoassay method. Infant baseline salivary cortisol level was 0.587 [0.239; 1,714] µg/dL. It was significantly higher in neonates who had invasive ventilation (1.00 [0.38; 2.44]) µg/dL compared to non-ventilated infants (0.335 [0.156; 1.236]) µg/dL, p = 0.022; and positively correlated with the Apgar score at 1st and 5th minutes (r=-0.36; p = 0.011 and r=-0.34; p = 0.017) and duration of ventilation (r = 0.70; p = 0.0000). Maternal baseline salivary cortisol level was 0.212 [0.123; 0.378]µg/dL. There was significant decreasing of salivary cortisol after Kangaroo mother care with skin-to-skin contact in infants (0.162 [0.111; 0.231]) µg/dL, p˂0.001 and mothers (0.096 [0.077; 0.156]) µg/dL, p˂0.001. Conclusion: Preterm infants in the NICU and their mothers experience stress confirmed by the increased baseline cortisol levels. Kangaroo mother care with skin-to-skin contact reduces the stress and normalizes salivary cortisol levels in both infant and mother in the NICU.

scholarly journals Awareness and Experience of Kangaroo Mother Care for full term newborns: An interventional study at a rural maternity hospital in south Karnataka

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 518-526
Author(s):  
Avita Rose Johnson ◽  
Cicy Varghese ◽  
Andrea Daniella Johnson ◽  
Maria Vimala ◽  
Rose Mary J Vadassary ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Maternity Hospital ◽  
Kangaroo Mother Care ◽  
Full Term ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Interventional Study ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Skin Contact ◽  
Low Birth Weight Babies ◽  
Term Newborns ◽  
Skin To Skin

Background: Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is early, continuous and prolonged skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby, with exclusive breastfeeding.  Besides preterm and low birth weight babies, even full-term healthy newborns benefit from KMC. Objective: to assess awareness and experience of KMC for full-term newborns among newly delivered mothers in a rural maternity hospital. Methods: Interventional study with interview schedule to capture awareness of KMC (25 scored items). After one hour of practicing KMC, post-intervention assessment of KMC experience (23 scored items) was done. Bivariate analysis performed to associate awareness and experience of KMC with socio-demographic and obstetric variables. Results: The 100 mothers in our study had low median KMC awareness score of 4(IQR=2,8) and were unaware of benefits of KMC.  Median KMC experience score was 21(IQR=19,22), indicating highly positive experience. Mothers reported feeling happy or relaxed, found it easier to breastfeed, easy to practice KMC, and wanted to continue KMC at home. Mothers with caesarean section were more likely to experience abdominal or back pain during KMC (P=0.037) and mothers with previous abortion/stillbirth were more likely to have fear of suffocating the baby during KMC (P=0.005). Conclusion: Though awareness of KMC was found to be low, overall experience of KMC was very positive. Mothers should be educated about benefits of KMC and given an opportunity to practice KMC in hospital. Full-term healthy newborns and their mothers should not be denied the numerous advantages of KMC. There is need to create KMC-friendly hospital culture and promote KMC for all newborns.

scholarly journals Meta Analysis: Kangaroo Mother Care to Elevate Infant Weight in Premature Infants

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ines Ratni Pravitasari ◽  
◽  
Vitri Widyaningsih ◽  
Bhisma Murti ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Premature Infants ◽  
English Language ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Kangaroo Mother Care ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Skin Contact ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Randomized Control ◽  
Skin To Skin

ABSTRACT Background: Premature birth is most often challenge with many health issues such as low birth weight. Kangaroo position is the practice of skin-to-skin contact between an infant and parents and was found to be an effective intervention for improving weight gain in premature infant. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of kangaroo mother care to elevate infant weight in premature infants. Subjects and Method: This was a meta-analysis and systematic review. This study collected published articles from PubMed, Science Direct, and Google Scholar databases. The inclusion criteria were full text, in English language, and using randomized control trial study design. The study population was premature infants. The intervention was kangaroo mother care. The comparison was conventional care. The outcome was infant weight. The selected articles were analyzed using RevMan 5.3. Results: 9 articles were met the study criteria. This study had high heterogeneity between groups (I2= 89%; p<0.001). Kangaroo mother care was higher elevated infant weight than conventional method (Standardized Mean Difference= 0.60; 95% CI= 0.17 to 1.03; p= 0.006). Conclusion: Kangaroo mother care is effective to elevate infant weight in premature infants. Keywords: Kangaroo mother care, infant weight, preterm infant Correspondence: Ines Ratni Pravitasari. Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret. Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A, Surakarta 57126, Central Java. Email: [email protected]. Mobile: +6285649507909. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.03.127

scholarly journals Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching on Knowledge Regarding Kangaroo Mother Care among Husbands of Primigravida Mother

2021 ◽  
pp. 532-539
Author(s):  
Suwarna Ghugare ◽  
Tessy Sebastian ◽  
Manjusha Gulabrao Mahakalkar ◽  
Darshana Durgadass Wankhede
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Kangaroo Mother Care ◽  
P Value ◽  
Early Care ◽  
Skin Contact ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Skin To Skin

Kangaroo care is a practise that allows moms and fathers to have direct skin-to-skin contact with their infants. It has been demonstrated to promote the mother's mental health, strengthen mother-infant connection, and increase maternal lactation. Many studies feel that returning to the original paradigm of infant-mother early care, rather than our current incubator, bottle, and formula-feeding model, will result in happier and healthier newborns [1]. Objective: 1) To determine whether primigravida women' spouses have any awareness of kangaroo mother care. 2) To assess the efficiency of a planned education programme on kangaroo mother care among primigravida moms' husbands.3) To see if there's a link between post-test knowledge scores on kangaroo mother care among primigravida moms' spouses and certain demographic variables.  Methodology: A total of 60 people took part in the research. Husbands of primigravida women from various hospitals will be used as study subjects. Results: There is a significant difference between pre-test and post-test knowledge scores when measuring effective planned training on knowledge about kangaroo mother care among husbands. The pretest has a mean of 8.18, while the posttest has a mean of 16.30, and the pretest has a standard deviation of 2.855, while the posttest has a standard deviation of 1.710. The t-value is 18.57, and the p-value is 0.000. Conclusion: As a result, the planned education on knowledge about kangaroo mother care among primigravida moms' husband is statistically interpreted. The research hypothesis was accepted in this study, while the null hypothesis was denied.

scholarly journals Kangaroo mother care for low birth weight babies: supportive factors and barriers

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 1737
Author(s):  
Dinesh Mekle ◽  
Amit Kumar Kumar Singh ◽  
Jagdamba Dixit
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Common Factor ◽  
Kangaroo Mother Care ◽  
Skin Contact ◽  
Low Birth Weight Babies ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
Skin To Skin ◽  
Common Barriers ◽  
Separate Room

Background: Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is skin-to-skin contact between mother and low birth weight (LBW) baby. It keeps the baby warm, increases accessibility to breast feeding, and protects the baby from infections. This study was done to identify supportive factors and barriers in practicing KMC as perceived by mothers of LBW babies and health care personnel (HCP).Methods: It was a questionnaire based descriptive study. Mothers of LBW babies and HCP were enrolled in study. Mothers and HCP were sensitized regarding KMC and after practicing KMC for 3 days, mothers were interviewed with the help of a predefined proforma. Feedback from the HCP was also taken. Data analysis was performed by using IBM SPSS ver. 20 software.Results: Most common factor in initiation and practice of KMC were, knowledge regarding KMC after training (100%), environmental factors (privacy and resources) (87.27%) and support from HCP (94.54%). Most common barriers perceived during performance of KMC were lack of knowledge about KMC during pregnancy (80%), pain due to LSCS/episiotomy (64.54%) and lack of support from family members (51.81%). Majority of the HCP strongly agree that parents must be encouraged to adopt KMC (82.92%), KMC is hampered due to presence of visitors in the ward (73.17%). KMC needs separate room (68.29%) and it is difficult due to LSCS (51.21%).Conclusions: To increase KMC practice, mother’s knowledge about KMC can be improved by educating them in antenatal clinics and all HCP should receive training on KMC.

scholarly journals Continuing Education Module—Kangaroo Mother Care 2: Potential Beneficial Impacts on Brain Development in Premature Infants

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 177-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca J. Bear ◽  
David J. Mellor
Keyword(s):  
Brain Development ◽  
Premature Infants ◽  
Early Discharge ◽  
Kangaroo Mother Care ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
Therapeutic Environment ◽  
Skin Contact ◽  
Barriers To Implementation ◽  
Skin To Skin

ABSTRACTKangaroo mother care (KMC) involves infant skin-to-skin contact with the mother from as soon as possible after birth, exclusive breastfeeding, early discharge from the health facility, and supportive follow-up at home. Much evidence supports use of KMC clinically as an aid to mitigating some detrimental features of prematurity. This article—the second of two—explores impairments in brain development because of uncongenial inputs from the postnatal therapeutic environment of premature infants, not encountered in utero, and some of their negative neurobehavioral, psychosocial, sociocultural, and economic implications. It is concluded that evidence favoring the use of KMC in stable preterm infants is very strong and that, as noted by others, barriers to implementation of KMC, apart from infant infirmity, are mainly because of hesitancy from parents, health-care professional, and/or institutions, which may be unfounded.

scholarly journals Kangaroo mother care: need of the day

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. e228402
Author(s):  
Rubina Sohail ◽  
Noreen Rasul ◽  
Ammara Naeem ◽  
Humayun Iqbal Khan
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Neonatal Mortality ◽  
Low Birthweight ◽  
Kangaroo Mother Care ◽  
Preterm Baby ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Safe Delivery ◽  
Live Births ◽  
Skin Contact ◽  
Skin To Skin

Each year approximately 20 million low birthweight babies are born globally. Prematurity is a leading cause of neonatal mortality in developing countries and results in 60%–80% of neonatal deaths. Neonatal mortality is the major contributor to under-5 mortality. According to Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2017–2018, neonatal mortality in Pakistan is 42 per 1000 live births and under-5 mortality is 74 per 1000 live births. One out of every 22 newborns dies in Pakistan, which is an alarming figure. Majority of these deaths are preventable. They can be prevented by well-trained midwives, safe delivery, early initiation of breast feeding within an hour after birth and skin-to-skin contact. Pakistan is among the top 10 countries with the highest number of preterm births and with limited resources to manage the burden. Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is a safe and economical alternative to provide preterm care in developing countries. In babies at gestational age less than 37 weeks or with neonatal weight less than 2.5 kg, skin-to-skin contact prevents hypothermia and infection. Neonatal mortality and morbidity can be reduced by providing preterm care through KMC. This case report is of a preterm baby who was delivered at 33 weeks of gestation with a weight of 1.3 kg and was saved by KMC in the paediatric department of Services Hospital in Lahore.

scholarly journals Kangaroo Mother Care at Low Birth Weight

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryanah, Sri Sukamti ◽  
Juli Oktalia ◽  
Novita Rina Antarsih ◽  
Indra Supradewi, Aticeh
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Kangaroo Mother Care ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Skin Contact ◽  
Skin To Skin ◽  
Difference Test

Kangaroo Care Method is a treatment given to babies with Low Birth Weight (LBW) as an alternative to an incubator. This method uses direct contact between the mother's skin and baby's skin or skin to skin contact. The kangaroo method not only replaces the care of the incubator but also provides benefits that cannot be provided by the incubator. Increasing the baby's body temperature, stabilizing heart rate and breathing, and increasing milk production, decreases the incidence of infection in infants. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the use of the kangaroo method on LBW in Karawang Hospital. The cross-sectional research method uses secondary data through treatment records in the medical record. The study sample was 106 LBW infants treated at Karawang Hospital in the 2018 period. Analysts used average difference test data to see the effectiveness of using the kangaroo method in increasing infant weight. Results: There is an effect of the use of the kangaroo method to increase the baby's weight P-value 0,0001. Recommendation: It is expected that the use of the kangaroo method on LBW can be made into policy at the hospital with the support of health workers and facilities so that families can implement kangaroo mother care (KMC) in full.

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