Worldwide prevalence of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact after vaginal birth: A systematic review.

BACKGROUND:Despite the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommendation for immediate skin-to-skin contact (SSC) after birth, separation of mothers and infants seems to be common practice in many hospitals. It is unknown how common the practice of SSC is worldwide. Therefore, we aimed to determ...

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Main Authors: Nawal Abdulghani, Kristina Edvardsson, Lisa H Amir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6209188?pdf=render