Fidelity of kangaroo mother care services in the public health facilities in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional mixed-method study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is a proven low-cost intervention to prevent neonatal mortality of pre-term and low birth weight babies and is very relevant to Bangladesh. KMC provides thermal regulation and thus directly avert neonatal mortality. KMC includes early, continuous, and prolonged skin-to-skin contact between an infant and caregiver, exclusive breastfeeding, early discharge from the hospital, and post-discharge follow-up. The purpose of this study was to investigate the fidelity of this intervention's implementation according to national guidelines across all tiers of government (public) health facilities of Bangladesh.

Methods

We adopted a triangulation mixed-methods approach of both quantitative and qualitative components in this research to support and e

SUBMITTER: Mehjabeen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8501568 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature