Research Question: What are the factors influencing the implementation of Kangaroo Care in a hospital environment?
Independent Variables: Kangaroo Care and Hospital environment.
Dependent Variables: Implementation.
Kangaroo care (KC), an evidence-based clinical care practice, aims to reduce the prevalence of death rates in preterm infants. Despite the several positive findings on the use of KC, several barriers exist in the implementation of the intervention across hospital compared to such conventional method as the use of Incubator. In this case, such factors as maternal education, household income, KC awareness and information, and lack of enough nurses in the hospitals among other factors, derail the efforts of reducing preterm deaths using KC.
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