Worldwide prevalence of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact after vaginal birth: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommendation for immediate skin-to-skin contact (SSC) after birth, separation of mothers and infants seems to be common practice in many hospitals. It is unknown how common the practice of SSC is worldwide. Therefore, we aimed to determine the reported prevalence of SSC for healthy mothers and infants immediately after normal birth.

Methods

We systematically searched CINAHL, Medline, ProQuest Central, PubMed and the Cochrane Library for articles published between January 2007 and October 2017 using the keywords "kangaroo care" or "skin to skin contact" or "breastfeeding initiation" or "breast crawl" or "maternal infant contact" or "maternal newborn contact" or "baby friendly hospital initiative" or "ten steps for suc

SUBMITTER: Abdulghani N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6209188 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature