Kangaroo Mother Care - MCHIP

CHAPTER 9: AVAILABLE KANGAROO MOTHER
CARE RESOURCES
9.1 INTRODUCTION TO THE KANGAROO MOTHER CARE RESOURCES
Each section below lists relevant examples and material with regards to the implementation
and practice of KMC. This is not an exhaustive list of KMC materials.
9.2 VISUAL MATERIALS
KMC Posters
Johnson & Johnson KMC made easy poster, Gauteng Province, South Africa
KMC made easy, South African poster developed by the Medical Research Council Unit for
Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies, University of Pretoria and Kalafong Hospital
Malawi posters (Chewa)
Tanzania posters (Swahili)
PowerPoint Presentations
KMC introduction, components and benefits
Overview of evidence for benefit of facility KMC (J. Johnson)
KMC in Malawi overview presentation (R. Ligowe)
Scaling up KMC overview presentation (AM. Bergh)
Intermittent KMC
Neuro-endocrine mechanisms in KMC (E. van Rooyen)
KMC evidence and experiences (J. Lawn)
9.3 KANGAROO MOTHER CARE IMPLEMENTATION
Articles on Implementation
Bergh AM, Pattinson RC. 2003. Development of a conceptual tool for the implementation of
Kangaroo Mother Care. Acta Paediatrica; 92:709–714.
Bergh AM, Arsalo, Malan AF, Patrick M, Pattinson RC, Phillips N. 2005. Measuring
implementation progress in Kangaroo Mother Care. Acta Paediatrica; 94: 1102–1108.
Pattinson RC, Arsalo I, Bergh A, Malan AF, Patrick M, Phillips N. 2005. Implementation of
Kangaroo Mother Care: A randomized trial of two outreach strategies. Acta Paediatrica; 94:
924–927.
Bergh AM, Van Rooyen E, Pattinson RC. 2008. ‘On-site’ versus ‘off-site’ facilitation: a randomised
trial of outreach strategies for scaling up Kangaroo Mother Care. Human Resources for Health;
6:13. (Access online: http://www.human-resources-health.com/content/pdf/1478-4491-6-13.pdf).
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