Kangaroo mother care prior to clinical stabilisation: Implementation barriers and facilitators reported by caregivers and healthcare providers in Uganda.

• Main Authors: Victor S Tumukunde (Author), Joseph Katongole (Author), Stella Namukwaya (Author), Melissa M Medvedev (Author), Moffat Nyirenda (Author), Cally J Tann (Author), Janet Seeley (Author), Joy E Lawn (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is an evidence-based method to improve newborn survival. However, scale-up even for stable newborns has been slow, with reported barriers to implementation. We examined facilitators and barriers to initiating KMC before stabilisation amongst neonates recruited to the OMWaN...