Implementation experience of a 12-month intervention to introduce intermittent kangaroo mother care to eight Chinese neonatal intensive care units

Xin Liu¹, Xiao-Hui Chen², Zhan-Kui Li³, Bei Cao⁴, Shao-Jie Yue⁵, Qiong-Yu Liu⁶, Chuan-Zhong Yang⁷, Chang-Yi Yang⁸, Ying-Xi Zhao⁹, Geng-Li Zhao¹⁰, Qi Feng¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China.
² Department of Neonatology, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing, China.
³ Department of Neonatology, Northwest Women's and Children's Hospital, Xi'an, China.
⁴ Department of Neonatology, The Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Hunan Province, Changsha, China.
⁵ Department of Neonatology, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, China.
⁶ Department of Neonatology, Women & Children's Health Care Hospital of Linyi, Linyi, China.
⁷ Department of Neonatology, Shenzhen Maternity & Child Healthcare Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
⁸ Department of Neonatology, Fujian Provincial Maternity and Children's Hospital, Fuzhou, China.
⁹ Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
¹⁰ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
¹¹ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China. fengqizf@126.com.

PMID: 36006551
PMCID: PMC9617830
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-022-00607-4

Implementation experience of a 12-month intervention to introduce intermittent kangaroo mother care to eight Chinese neonatal intensive care units

Xin Liu et al. World J Pediatr. 2022 Dec.

. 2022 Dec;18(12):849-853.

doi: 10.1007/s12519-022-00607-4. Epub 2022 Aug 25.

Authors

Xin Liu¹, Xiao-Hui Chen², Zhan-Kui Li³, Bei Cao⁴, Shao-Jie Yue⁵, Qiong-Yu Liu⁶, Chuan-Zhong Yang⁷, Chang-Yi Yang⁸, Ying-Xi Zhao⁹, Geng-Li Zhao¹⁰, Qi Feng¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China.
² Department of Neonatology, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing, China.
³ Department of Neonatology, Northwest Women's and Children's Hospital, Xi'an, China.
⁴ Department of Neonatology, The Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Hunan Province, Changsha, China.
⁵ Department of Neonatology, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, China.
⁶ Department of Neonatology, Women & Children's Health Care Hospital of Linyi, Linyi, China.
⁷ Department of Neonatology, Shenzhen Maternity & Child Healthcare Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
⁸ Department of Neonatology, Fujian Provincial Maternity and Children's Hospital, Fuzhou, China.
⁹ Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
¹⁰ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
¹¹ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China. fengqizf@126.com.

PMID: 36006551
PMCID: PMC9617830
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-022-00607-4

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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**Fig. 1**
Body weight changes at follow-up visits. a Birth weight of KMC infants; b follow-up weight of KMC infants at gestational age 40–41 weeks; c the average weight gain of KMC infants. *KMC* kangaroo mother care

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