Evidence · Systematic review or meta-analysis
Parental experiences of providing skin-to-skin care to their newborn infant--part 2: a qualitative meta-synthesis.
- Allied health
- Comfort and nursing care
- Developmental care and positioning
- Family-integrated care
- Medical
- Nursing
- Postnatal and transitional care
- Skin care
This paper is from 2014, more than five years ago. Newer evidence may have been published since.
Summary
This qualitative meta-synthesis draws together 29 qualitative studies from nine countries describing the experiences of 401 mothers and 94 fathers providing skin-to-skin care to their newborn infants. Using Paterson's meta-synthesis methodology, it proposes a theoretical model of 'becoming a parent under unfamiliar circumstances'. Skin-to-skin care is described as both restorative and energy-draining, with a supportive environment facilitating positive experiences and environmental obstacles making it draining. The authors frame skin-to-skin care as a family-including intervention that supports parental self-esteem and readiness to take full responsibility for their baby.
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