Effectiveness of the skin to skin contact

Running head: EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SKIN TO SKIN CONTACT ON
BREASTFEEDING, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTION IN HEALTHY NEWBORNS.
1
Effectiveness of the skin to skin contact on breastfeeding, and physiological adaption in healthy
newborns.
[Author Name(s), First M. Last, Omit Titles and Degrees]
[Institutional Affiliation(s)]
Author Note
[Include any grant/funding information and a complete correspondence address.]

EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SKIN TO SKIN CONTACT ON BREASTFEEDING, AND
PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTION IN HEALTHY NEWBORNS. 2
Table of Contents
Effectiveness of the skin to skin contact on breastfeeding, and physiological adaption
in healthy newborns.......................................................................................................................4
1.2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION...........................................................................................4
1.3. PROJECT RELEVANCE.............................................................................................4
1.4. RESEARCH PROBLEM STATEMENT......................................................................5
2.0. LITERATURE REVIEW..............................................................................................5
3.0. METHODOLOGY.......................................................................................................6
3.1. Project aim....................................................................................................................6
3.2. Hypothesis:...................................................................................................................6
3.3. Research design............................................................................................................6
3.4. Sampling and recruitment.............................................................................................6
3.5. Data collection methods and procedures......................................................................7
3.6. Data analysis.................................................................................................................7
3.7. Merits............................................................................................................................8
3.8. Risks.............................................................................................................................8
4.0. ETHICAL ISSUES.......................................................................................................9
4.1. Risks of the research process and their management...................................................9
Risks....................................................................................................................................9
Management........................................................................................................................9

EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SKIN TO SKIN CONTACT ON BREASTFEEDING, AND
PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTION IN HEALTHY NEWBORNS. 3
4.2. Benefits of the research process...................................................................................9
4.3. The consent processes.................................................................................................10
4.4. How is Participant privacy and confidentiality be protected?...................................10
4.5. Information storage and security for data both during and after the completion.......10
4.6. To disseminate the findings of your project................................................................10
REFERENCES..................................................................................................................11
References..........................................................................................................................13

EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SKIN TO SKIN CONTACT ON BREASTFEEDING, AND
PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTION IN HEALTHY NEWBORNS. 4
Effectiveness of the skin to skin contact on breastfeeding, and physiological adaption in
healthy newborns.
1.2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
After birth whether through vaginal or caesarian section, a baby is dried and placed naked
on the mother’s chest and covered with a blanket and head cap for warmth so as to establish a
bond between the child and the mother. More to that, after clinical birth procedures have been
carried out, from weight measurements to pressure among other checks ups are completed, the
baby is handed to the mother for breastfeeding. Skin to skin contact is promoted in order to
improve on the baby’s cardiorespiratory stability, glucose levels and also control the babies rate
of crying. While this method isn’t as common in the Western country as it is in other countries, it
has long been existent before civilization and has been credited to promoting breastfeeding
exclusivity and the bond between mother and child. The research takes a look into the
effectiveness of the skin to skin contact (SSC) also known as the Kangaroo Mother Child (KMC)
method in breastfeeding and physiological adaptations of the newborns to the environment
(Baley, 2015).
1.3. PROJECT RELEVANCE
Overtime, there have been reports of newborn babies especially those that are
prematurely dying from lack of adaptability to the environmental factors with the highest cost
being that of death among new born babies, due to hypothermia and infections. Due to the
western countries nature of placing babies in the incubators after birth, the child mother bond has
been affected throughout the child’s progression as the baby is less sensitive to touch and feel
and also there is less identification between mother and child. According to mammalian
neuroscience, the contact between mother and child has the ability to evoke neuro sensory
behaviors that ensures that a baby is able to fully meet all basic biological needs. The period is
important in shaping the child’s future physiological state and behaviors. Therefore, it’s
important to understand the effects of breastfeeding on physiological adaptations of the child and
behaviors in healthy mother newborn dyads (Boo, 2007).