Caregiving can be costly: A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to conducting kangaroo mother care in a US tertiary hospital neonatal intensive care unit

• Main Authors: Todd P. Lewis (Author), Kathryn G. Andrews (Author), Elyse Shenberger (Author), Theresa S. Betancourt (Author), Günther Fink (Author), Sunita Pereira (Author), Margaret McConnell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Preterm birth is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children under five and often requires a newborn to have an extended stay in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Maternal engagement, such as visiting the NICU to provide kangaroo mother care (KMC), can improve out...