Open AccessAdaptation of Kangaroo Mother Care for Community-Based Application
Author(s) -
Iftekhar Quasem,
Nancy L. Sloan,
Anita Chowdhury,
Salahuddin Ahmed,
Beverly Winikoff,
Rajiv Chowdhury
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of perinatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1476-5543
pISSN - 0743-8346
DOI - 10.1038/sj.jp.7210999
Subject(s) - medicine , bathing , low birth weight , birth weight , pediatrics , randomized controlled trial , kangaroo care , infant mortality , neonatal mortality , pregnancy , gestational age , multidisciplinary team , obstetrics , nursing , environmental health , population , surgery , pathology , biology , genetics
Working with a multidisciplinary team of Ecuadorians, Bangladeshis and Americans, we developed a simple protocol for community-based implementation of kangaroo mother care (CKMC) that does not require birth weight or clinical judgment to identify which newborns should receive CKMC. CKMC could stabilize newborns and possibly reduce neonatal mortality where there is little medical care for newborns and low birth weight (LBW) is common.
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