Kangaroo mother care helps fathers of preterm infants gain confidence in the paternal role

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1988-1996

  Blomqvist, Ylva Thernström ^a   Rubertsson, Christine ^a   Kylberg, Elisabeth ^b   Jöreskog, Karin ^c   Nyqvist, Kerstin Hedberg ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Father; Infant; Kangaroo Mother Care; Neonatal intensive care unit; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KANGAROO CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; MALE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84864323330     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05886.x     Document Type: Article

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