ArticleBreastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine2018
Mapping, Measuring, and Analyzing the Process of Skin-to-Skin Contact and Early Breastfeeding in the First Hour After Birth.
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- The content, experiences and outcomes of interventions designed to increase early skin-to-skin contact in high-income settings: A mixed-methods systematic review.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2023Pooled it
- Process mapping in healthcare: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2021Pooled it
- Worldwide prevalence of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact after vaginal birth: A systematic review.PloS one · 2018Pooled it
- "I Am Going to Take It Up": Implementing Skin-to-Skin Contact in Uganda.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Article
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- The impact of swaddling upon breastfeeding: A critical review.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2023Review
- Skin-to-skin SDF positioning: The key to intersubjective intimacy between mother and very preterm newborn-A pilot matched-pair case-control study.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Elements that influenced immediate mother-neonate contact during the golden hour.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2022Observational
- Breastfeeding Supportive Services in Baby-Friendly Hospitals Positively Influenced Exclusive Breastfeeding Practice at Hospitalization Discharge and Six Months Postpartum.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with skin-to-skin contact (SSC) practice: findings from a population-based cross-sectional survey in 10 selected districts of Bangladesh.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
- Measuring health professionals' beliefs about skin-to-skin care during a cesarean.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Article
- The nine stages of skin-to-skin: practical guidelines and insights from four countries.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Article
- Effects of Skin-to-Skin Care During Cesareans: A Quasiexperimental Feasibility/Pilot Study.Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine · 2019Article
- Skin-to-skin contact the first hour after birth, underlying implications and clinical practice.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2019Review
- Implementation of the first breastfeeding in Warsaw's maternity hospitals.Developmental period medicine · 2019Article
- An educational intervention to implement skin-to-skin contact and early breastfeeding in a rural hospital in Mexico.International breastfeeding journal · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough the benefits of immediate, continuous, uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact (SSC) and early breastfeeding have been widely researched and confirmed, the challenge remains to improve the consistency of this practice. Fewer than half of newborns worldwide are breastfed in the first hour.
designCross-sectional descriptive study utilizing iterative review and analysis of video ethnography as well as data extracted from patient records. SAMPLE AND
settingEighty-four medically uncomplicated mothers and full-term newborns were observed during the first hour after birth at a Baby-Friendly designated hospital in the United States.
findingsProcess mapping using an algorithm which included Robson criteria indicated that although included mothers were expected to give birth vaginally and had no medical concerns that would preclude eligibility for SSC in the first hour after birth, 31 of 84 newborns (37%) did not receive immediate SSC after vaginal birth as planned and only 23 (27.4%) self-attached and suckled.
conclusionProcess mapping of optimal skin-to-skin practice in the first hour after birth using the algorithm, HCP-S2S-IA, produced an accurate and useful measurement, illuminating how work is conducted and providing patterns for analysis and opportunities for improvement with targeted interventions.
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