Kangaroo care
TECHNIQUE PRACTICED ON NEWBORN, USUALLY PRETERM, INFANTS WHEREIN THE INFANT IS HELD, SKIN-TO-SKIN, WITH AN ADULT.
Kangaroo Mother Care; Skin to skin; Skin-to-skin contact; Skin-to-skin; Kangaroo-mother care method
Kangaroo care also called skin-to-skin contact (SSC), is a technique of newborn care where babies are kept chest-to-chest and skin-to-skin with a parent, typically their mother (occasionally their father).