Launching continuous kangaroo mother care through participatory action research in Iran

• Main Authors: Marzieh Mohammadi (Author), Anne-Marie Bergh (Author), Niloufar Sattarzadeh Jahdi (Author), Leila Valizadeh (Author), Mohammadbagher Hosseini (Author), Sevil Hakimi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background This study describes the launching of a unit for continuous kangaroo mother care (KMC) in a teaching hospital (Taleghani) in Iran. Methods We used a participatory three-stage action research approach to establish a unit for continuous KMC: design (needs identification and plannin...