The effect of mother-infant skin to skin contact on success and duration of first breastfeeding: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Breast-feeding initiation within the first half hour after birth is one of the World Health Organization recommendations. However, in most hospitals, mother-infant contact and breast-feeding initiation are delayed due to routine mother and infant care. This study aimed to determine the effect of mot...

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Main Authors: Fatemeh Zahra Karimi, Ramin Sadeghi, Nahid Maleki-Saghooni, Talat Khadivzadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1028455918302766