OBJECTIVE: Conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis estimating the association
between KMC and neonatal outcomes. DATA SOURCES: PubMed, Embase, Web of …

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

Background “Kangaroo mother care,” a type of newborn care involving skin-to-skin contact
with the mother or other caregiver, reduces mortality in infants with low birth weight (< 2.0 kg) …

Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is an evidence-based approach to reducing mortality and
morbidity in preterm infants. Although KMC is a key intervention package in newborn health …

Background Newborn admission temperature is a strong predictor of outcomes across all
gestations. Hypothermia immediately after birth remains a worldwide issue and, if …

Methods We searched PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science and the World Health
Organization's regional databases, for studies on “kangaroo mother care” or “kangaroo care” …

Importance The Cochrane review (2016) on kangaroo mother care (KMC) demonstrated a
significant reduction in the risk of mortality in low birth weight infants. New evidence from …

Abstract Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is an evidence-based intervention that reduces
neonatal morbidity and mortality. However, adoption among health systems has varied …

Background Despite improvements in child survival in the past four decades, an estimated
6.3 million children under the age of five die each year, and more than 40% of these deaths …

Abstract Since Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) was developed in Colombia in the 1970s, two
trends in clinical application emerged. In low income settings, the original KMC model is …