Kangaroo mother care is an intervention that enables the mother to assume a central role in her own and her newborn's care, thus ensuring that the lead role remains with the mother and that health workers support and respond to the mother’s and newborn’s needs.
The involvement of fathers/partners and families is important to support mothers in providing Kangaroo Care while in the facility and at home after discharge.
Father and family involvement is especially important when the mother is medically unstable or recovering from surgery.
In the neonatal intensive care unit, parents are not visitors. Families are the true protagonists in the care of their babies