Background Mother‐infant separation post birth is common. In standard hospital care,
newborn infants are held wrapped or dressed in their mother's arms, placed in open cribs or …

Background Kangaroo mother care (KMC), originally defined as skin‐to‐skin contact
between a mother and her newborn, frequent and exclusive or nearly exclusive …

Objective To investigate the effect of kangaroo mother care for low-birth-weight and preterm
infants on parents' mental and physical health. Methods The Cochrane Central Register of …

Although studies have examined the effects of interventions focused on preterm infants, few
studies have examined the effects on maternal distress (anxiety, depressive symptoms, post …

The holding of an infant with ventral skin-to-skin contact typically in an upright position with
the swaddled infant on the chest of the parent, is commonly referred to as kangaroo care …

This brief report reviews findings from a longitudinal study of skin-to-skin contact (SSC) with
mothers and full-term infants and a follow-up study of these dyads when the children were 9 …

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to examine the effect of baby massage on attachment
between mothers and their newborns. METHODS: This study was carried out from June …

The birth of a premature infant can have adverse effects on the mood of mothers and on the
interaction patterns between parents and their preterm babies. The aim of the present …

Social cognitive abilities are affected by preterm birth, but pathways to, and risk factors for
this outcome are not well mapped. We examined direct assessment tasks including …

Background. The skin‐to‐skin contact (SSC) of mother and newborn is uncommon full‐term
newborns after delivering via cesarean section due to the possibility of hypothermia in the …