An educational intervention to implement skin-to-skin contact and early breastfeeding in a rural hospital in Mexico

An educational intervention to implement skin-to-skin contact and early breastfeeding in a rural hospital in Mexico

Abstract Background Early skin-to-skin contact promotes infant physiologic stability, provides warmth and makes breast milk readily available. Despite the known benefits of early skin-to-skin contact, this practice is not included within standard care in the Mexican public healthcare system. After b...

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Main Authors: Luis Fernando Sanchez-Espino, Gregorio Zuniga-Villanueva, Jose Luis Ramirez-GarciaLuna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:International Breastfeeding Journal
Subjects:
Skin-to-skin contact
Early breastfeeding
Rural hospital
Educational intervention
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13006-019-0202-4

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