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 …

Several studies have focused on neonatal maternal separation (MS) to investigate
behavioural and neuroendocrine reactions to lack of contact, but only a few have focused on …

The third trimester of pregnancy represents a sensitive phase for infant brain plasticity when
a series of fast-developing cellular events (synaptogenesis, neuronal migration, and …

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 …

Skin-to-skin care (SSC) and rooming-in have become common practice in the newborn
period for healthy newborns with the implementation of maternity care practices that support …

Objective Support from fathers is consistently associated with improved breastfeeding
duration and exclusivity rates. Additionally, there is growing evidence that fathers want to be …

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 …

Early skin‐to‐skin contact (SSC) after birth is a physiological practice that is internationally
recommended and has well‐documented importance for the baby and for the mother. This …

Abstract In 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published a technical report on
the lifelong effects of early toxic stress on human development, and included a new …