There is increasing recognition that parents play a critical role in promoting the health
outcomes of low birthweight and preterm infants. Despite a large body of literature on …

Necrotizing enterocolitis is the leading cause of death due to gastrointestinal disease in
preterm neonates, affecting 5–12% of neonates born at a very-low birth weight. Necrotizing …

Background We have developed a Family Integrated Care (FIC) model for use in a neonatal
intensive care unit (NICU) where parents provide most of the care for their infant, while …

In the World Health Organization/United Nations Children's Fund document Baby-Friendly
Hospital Initiative: Revised, Updated and Expanded for Integrated Care, neonatal care is …

Despite the recent improvements in perinatal medical care leading to an increase in survival
rates, adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes occur more frequently in preterm and/or high …

Context Supplementation of breast milk is difficult once infants suckle the breast and is often
discontinued at end of hospitalisation and after discharge. Thus, breastfed preterm infants …

“Kangaroo mother care” was first described as an alternative method of caring for low birth
weight infants in resource-limited countries, where neonatal mortality and infection rates are …

Background The supply of breast milk to preterm infants tends to occur at a lower rate than
that recorded among term infants. We aimed to investigate the facilitators of and barriers to …

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 …

Background and Aim Many preterm infants are not capable of exclusive breastfeeding from
birth. To guide mothers in breastfeeding, it is important to know when preterm infants can …