Kangaroo Mother Care: Technique to be learned from developing countries and barriers for its use
Keywords:
KMC, Barrier for KMC, Kangaroo Mother Care, Developing countries
Abstract
Caring for low birth weight infants imposes a heavy economic burden with unpredictable results. An effective healthcare technique, Kangaroo Mother Intervention (KMI) started in 1978 in Colombia as a way of dealing with overcrowding and scarcity of resources in hospitals caring for low birth weight infants. KMC has shown new way of care of stable LBW newborn in under developed and developing countries. By using KMC technique developed countries can also decrease significant economic burden on health care system.
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5. Nem-Yun Boo. Jamli FM. Short duration of skin-to-skin contact: Effects on growth and breastfeeding. J Paediatr Child Health. 2007;43:831–836. [PubMed]
6. Bergman NJ. Linley LL. Fawcus SR. Randomized controlled trial of skin-to-skin contact from birth versus conventional incubator for physiological stabilization in 1200- to 2199-gram newborns. Acta Pædiatr. 2007;93:779–785. [PubMed]
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8. Rey E, Martínez H. Manejo racional del niño prematuro. Bogotá, Colombia: Universidad Nacional, Curso de Medicina Fetal, 1983.
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12. Anderson GC, Moore E, Hepworth J, Bergman N. Early skin-to-skin contact for mothers and their healthy newborn infants. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2003;(2): CD003519.
CITATION
DOI: 10.17511/ijpr.2014.i01.05
Published: 2014-04-30
How to Cite
Dr Liladhar Kashyap, & Dr. Umesh Patel. (2014). Kangaroo Mother Care: Technique to be learned from developing countries and barriers for its use. Pediatric Review: International Journal of Pediatric Research, 1(1), 25-27. https://doi.org/10.17511/ijpr.2014.i01.05
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