Intermittent kangaroo mother care and the practice of breastfeeding late preterm infants: results from four hospitals in different provinces of China

• Main Authors: Bo Zhang (Author), Zhiying Duan (Author), Yingxi Zhao (Author), Sarah Williams (Author), Stephen Wall (Author), Limin Huang (Author), Xiaoqin Zhang (Author), Wenli Wu (Author), Jieya Yue (Author), Lin Zhang (Author), Jun Liu (Author), Gengli Zhao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background China has an extremely low exclusive breastfeeding rate. Kangaroo mother care (KMC) has been shown to increase the exclusive breastfeeding rate among infants born extremely or very preterm. However, there is limited evidence surrounding intermittent KMC and exclusive breastfeedin...