Chest-to-Back Skin-to-Skin Contact to Regulate Body Temperature for Low Birth Weight and/or Premature Babies: A Crossover Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Skin-to-skin contact (SSC) is one of the critical components of kangaroo mother care (KMC), which is an intervention to enhance the survival of low birth weight (LBW) and/or premature infants in low-income settings. Chest-to-chest (CC) contact has been practiced widely; however, mothers face practic...

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Main Authors: Sisay Gere, Yemane Berhane, Alemayehu Worku
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2021-01-01
Series:International Journal of Pediatrics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8873169