Knowledge of and attitudes towards kangaroo mother care in the Eastern Subdistrict, Cape Town.

Knowledge of and attitudes towards kangaroo mother care in the Eastern Subdistrict, Cape Town.

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<p>Kangaroo mother care (KMC) was first initiated in Colombia due to shortages of incubators and the incidence of severe hospital infections of new-born infants during hospital stay (Feldman, 2004). Currently it is identified by UNICEF as a universally available and biologically sound method o...

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Main Author: Rosant, Celeste.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Low Birth Weight (LBW)
Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC)
Skin-to-Skin Contact (SSC)
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
World Health Organisation (WHO)
Breastfeeding
Step-down facility
Gestational age
Breastmilk production
Premature.
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