The impact of the kangaroo mother method on nursing care for preterm and low birth weight infants in Brazil

International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
09
Article ID: 
17450
3 pages
Research Article

The impact of the kangaroo mother method on nursing care for preterm and low birth weight infants in Brazil

Dayane Ferreira de Castro, Kenia Oliveira Barbosa da Hora, Mariana Scheidegger dos Santos, Christian Marx Carelli Taets, Danilo Lima Ceccon, Cassia Quelho Tavares, Roberta Pereira Coutinho, Gunnar Glauco De Cunto Carelli Taets

Abstract: 

Objective: to analyze the impact of the kangaroo mother method on nursing care for preterm and low birth weight infants in Brazil. Methodology: qualitative study, exploratory character, based on bibliographic studies. Results: Nineteen articles were identified in national journals that met the inclusion criteria, which deal with the kangaroo mother method. After reading the abstracts of the articles, eight were selected for the analysis. After the analysis, three categories emerged: newborn physiology in the kangaroo mother method; mother-baby binomial and the contributions of the kangaroo mother method to Nursing. Conclusion: the known benefits of the Kangaroo Mother Method are great and among these benefits the bond that strengthened during the realization of the method became clearer.

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