SynthesisInternational journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being2014
Parental experiences of providing skin-to-skin care to their newborn infant--part 1: a qualitative systematic review.
Synthesis in International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05785806 (Construction and Effect Evaluation of Parent Infant Skin-to-Skin Contact Intervention Program Based on The Co-parenting Theory), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Construction and Effect Evaluation of Parent Infant Skin-to-Skin Contact Intervention Program Based on The Co-parenting Theory
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.
- Diverse Parental Experiences of Kangaroo Care in Neonatal Units Across Healthcare Systems: A Meta-Synthesis.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Pooled it
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- Parental experiences of providing skin-to-skin care to their newborn infant--part 2: a qualitative meta-synthesis.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2014Pooled it
- Initiated Breastfeeding and Physiological Patterns in Newborn Infants When Reunited With Mother After Separation Due to Elective Cesarean Birth.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of the Close Collaboration with Parents intervention on parent-infant closeness in NICU.BMC pediatrics · 2021Trial
- Association of parental stress, depression, anxiety, and somatisation: Mediating role of coping behaviours among mothers of preterm infants in Ghana.Dialogues in health · 2026Article
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- Determinants of Kangaroo Mother Care Uptake for Small Babies Along the Health Facility to Community Continuum in Karnataka, India.Global health, science and practice · 2023Article
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- Facilitating factors and barriers to kangaroo mother care utilisation in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2021Article
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- Coping strategies of mothers with preterm babies admitted in a public hospital in Cape Town.Curationis · 2019Article
- Skin-to-skin contact the first hour after birth, underlying implications and clinical practice.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2019Review
- A time-motion analysis of the mothers staying in the neonatal care unit.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2019Article
- Perceptions of European medical staff on the facilitators and barriers to physical closeness between parents and infants in neonatal units.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2016Article
- Pathways to emotional closeness in neonatal units - a cross-national qualitative study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2016Article
- Understanding kangaroo care and its benefits to preterm infants.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2015Review
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
aimTo describe parental experiences of providing skin-to-skin care (SSC) to their newborn infants.
backgroundSSC care for newborn infants has been reported to have positive physiological and psychological benefits to the infants and their parents. No systematic review regarding parental experiences has been identified.
designIn this first part of a meta-study, the findings of a systematic literature review on parental experience of SSC care are presented. DATA SOURCES: Four databases were searched, without year or language limitations, up until December 2013. Manual searches were performed in reference lists and in a bibliography of the topic. REVIEW
methodsAfter a quality-appraisal process, data from the original articles were extracted and analysed using qualitative content analysis.
resultsThe systematic and manual searches led to the inclusion of 29 original qualitative papers from nine countries, reporting experiences from 401 mothers and 94 fathers. Two themes that characterized the provision of SSC emerged: a restoring experience and an energy-draining experience.
conclusionThis review has added scientific and systematic knowledge about parental experiences of providing SSC. Further research about fathers' experiences is recommended.
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