ArticleJournal of clinical nursing2025
Exploratory study of fathers providing Kangaroo Care in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
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- 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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- Parent Perspectives of Co-Occupations in Neonatal Intensive Care: A Thematic Review of Barriers and Supports.OTJR : occupation, participation and health · 2025Pooled it
- Parenting Stress, Parenting Self-Efficacy and Dyadic Coping in Parents of Preterm Infants in China: A Dyadic Analysis.Nursing open · 2026Observational
- Exploratory study of fathers providing Kangaroo Care in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Journal of clinical nursing · 2025Article
- Continuation of Kangaroo Mother Care when transitioning from facility to community: maternal and familial perspectives from South India.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Maternal Birth Satisfaction Relating to Intraoperative and Early Postpartum Skin-to-Skin Contact with the Neonate During Caesarean Birth: An Integrative Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Review
- Challenges and enhancement of health: a dual impact of kangaroo care on parents and infants-systematic review.mHealth · 2025Review
- Parental perceptions and experiences of kangaroo care for preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units in China: a qualitative study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Parents' Perception and Use of Skin-to-Skin Care in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Cureus · 2024Article
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Abstract
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objectivesTo explore fathers' views and experiences of providing Kangaroo Care (KC) to their baby cared for in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
backgroundKangaroo Care has been known to improve the health outcome for preterm, low birth weight and medically vulnerable term infants and achieve the optimal perinatal health wellbeing for parents and infants. Historically, mothers are considered as the dominant KC providers, whereas fathers are spectators and have been overlooked. Little is known about the fathers' perspectives in providing KC in NICUs.
methodsIndividual semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 fathers who delivered KC to their baby when in the NICU. Data were analysed using Braun and Clarke's six-phase thematical framework. The Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ) checklist was followed to report this qualitative study.
findingsFathers in this study identified they were passing a silent language of love and connecting with their baby by the act of KC in a challenging environment. Three themes emerged: 'Positive psychological connection', 'Embracing father-infant Kangaroo Care' and 'Challenges to father-infant Kangaroo Care'.
conclusionThe findings of this study show KC enhances the bonding and attachment between fathers and infants. The conceptualisation of the paternal role in caregiving to a newborn is evolving as a contemporary practice. Further research is warranted to confirm or refute the study findings. Policies and facilities should be modified to include father-infant KC within the fields of neonatal care. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: It is important for nurses and other health professionals to support and enable fathers to give KC. Father-infant KC is recommended in neonatal care settings.
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