Barriers and enablers to skin-to-skin contact at birth in healthy neonates - a qualitative study

• Main Authors: Amala James Alenchery (Author), Joanne Thoppil (Author), Carl Denis Britto (Author), Jimena Villar de Onis (Author), Lavina Fernandez (Author), P. N. Suman Rao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Skin to skin contact (SSC) at birth is the standard of care for newborns without risk factors. However, implementation of SSC at birth has been far from optimal. A qualitative study was undertaken to determine the barriers, enablers and potential solutions to implementation of SS...