Kangaroo care Neonatal Health Literacy Day 2
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Kangaroo care is a way of holding a preterm or full term infant so that there is skin-to-skin contact between the infant and the person holding it. The baby, wearing only a diaper, is held against the parent’s bare chest. This is low cost intervention to avoid death.
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Kangaroo Care• Skin-to-skin contact help
baby to use fewer calories to stay warm.
• Develops bond with dad and mom.
• Increases mother’s breast milk supply.
•It helps baby to regulate his or her respiratory and heart rates.
•Premature baby’s overall growth rate increases.