Barriers and enablers of Kangaroo mother care practice: A systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Seidman, Gabriel ^a   Unnikrishnan, Shalini ^b   Kenny, Emma ^b   Myslinski, Scott ^b   Cairns Smith, Sarah ^b   Mulligan, Brian ^c   Engmann, Cyril ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP   (United States)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; KANGAROO CARE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MOTHER; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES; WEIGHT GAIN;

FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, PREMATURE; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; MOTHERS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84949130050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125643     Document Type: Article

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