Barriers and facilitators to kangaroo mother care implementation in Cote d'Ivoire: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is a high impact, low technology and cost-effective intervention for the care of preterm and low birth weight newborn. Cote d'Ivoire adopted the intervention and opened the first KMC unit in 2019. This study aimed to assess barriers and facilitators of KMC implementation in Cote d'Ivoire, a year after its introduction, as well as proposed solutions for improving KMC implementation in the country.

Method

This was a qualitative study, using semi-structured interviews, carried out in September 2020 in the first KMC unit opened at the Teaching Hospital of Treichville. The study involved healthcare providers providing KMC and mothers of newborn who were receiving or received KMC at the unit. A thematic analysis was performed using both induct

SUBMITTER: Kourouma KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8576306 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature