[(Lack of) motivation of the puerperal mother to practice the Kangaroo Mother Method].
This article aims at describing the context of the development of the Mother-Kangaroo Method at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a public hospital, and discussing the reasons why some women/mothers do not seem stimulated to maintain skin contact with their premature babies. The methodology included three steps: reality problematization, literature review, and systematic reflection aiming at solving the identified problem. It was concluded that the perception of the neonatal team as to mother-newly born infant bond needs to be changed, in the sense of understanding that often the mothers' reaction are different from those expected by the health professionals.
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.
Gisele Perin
GP
Guimarães
Marisa
M
Monticelli
D001290:Attitude; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D033261:Maternal-Fetal Relations; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009042:Motivation; D017283:Neonatal Nursing; D009769:Object Attachment; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D018566:Pregnancy, High-Risk / Q000523:psychology; D011368:Professional-Family Relations