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Benefits of Kangaroo Care (KC) - Coggle Diagram
Benefits of Kangaroo Care (KC)
Maternal attachment in preterm infants
Formed during the first days postpartum
Affects child's physical, physiological, and intellectual development
Personal and unique relationship
Increased MAS mean scores in the experimental group that delivered kangaroo care
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Postpartum interaction of mother with her baby should be supported as early as possible
Neurodevelopment in full-term infants
Left frontal EEG asymmetry
Significant effects for left frontal EEG coherence pairs
https://www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.daemen.edu/science/article/pii/S0163638319301365
Increases oxytocin levels in mothers and infants 3 months postpartum
Decreases cortisol reactivity in infants after exposure to an acute stressor
Breastfeeding in preterm neonates
Feeding can be extremely challenging in neonates
Increased breastfeeding rate in those receiving KC
Breastfeeding recommended for the first 6 months of life
Greater body weights in the third and sixth postnatal months
https://www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.daemen.edu/science/article/pii/S0882596321000609
Greater breast milk intake in those receiving KC
What is KC?
Increased focus on KC recently due to its benefits
Not a routine practice in developing countries
Holding an infant skin-to-skin against the mother's or father's bare chest
Benefits for the mother and the baby