Implementation experience of a 12-month intervention to introduce intermittent kangaroo mother care to eight Chinese neonatal intensive care units
Xin Liu, Xiao-Hui Chen, Zhankui Li, Bei Cao, Shaojie Yue, Qiongyu Liu, Chuanzhong Yang, Changyi Yang, Yingxi Zhao, Gengli Zhao, Qi Feng
Abstract
Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is recommended by the World Health Organization for the care of preterm and low-birthweight newborns. KMC has been shown to increase survival rates and the quality of life of preterm and low-birth-weight infants, including improved clinical outcomes, weight gain and thermoregulation when compared to conventional care More recent research focused on KMC in high-risk preterm, critically ill newborns and newborns requiring special care, which suggested that KMC helped to stabilize the vital signs of preterm infants KMC is well accepted and promoted by medical associations and professional organizations around the world In November