A low-cost intervention to promote immediate skin-to-skin contact and improve temperature regulation in Northern Uganda
| dc.contributor.author | Nissen, Eva | |
| dc.contributor.author | Svensson, Kristin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mbalinda, Scovia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Brimdyr, Kajsa | |
| dc.contributor.author | Waiswa, Peter | |
| dc.contributor.author | Odongkara, Beatrice Mpora | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hjelmstedt, Anna | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-15T09:23:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-06-15T09:23:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-03-14 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background Uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact between mothers and newborns during the first hour after birth has been reported to be 2% in Uganda. Aims To investigate if a low-cost intervention targeting the behaviors of hospital staff would increase skin-to-skin contact and to investigate whether skin-to-skin contact stabilised temperature in the newborn. Methods The study had a quasi-experimental, before and after design. The sample included 110 in the pre-intervention group, and 93 in the post-intervention group. Data collection included observations of skin-to-skin contact and temperature measurements. Data were also collected from medical records and interviews. Findings No infants had skin-to-skin contact before the intervention, whereas the proportion was 54.8% after the intervention. Infants who received skin-to-skin contact (n=51) and infants who did not receive skin-to-skin contact (n=146) increased in temperature; however, infants who received skin-to-skin contact were significantly warmer after 5 minutes and remained so at 60 minutes. Conclusions The intervention increased the practice of skin-to-skin contact, which was found to be safe in regard to temperature stabilisation. Key words: ■ Low‑cost intervention ■ Newborn temperature ■ Observation ■ Skin‑to‑skin contact ■ Uganda | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by the Swedish Research Council (Swedish Research Links, ID-E0432901) and Foundation Mjölkdroppen. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nissen, E., Svensson, K., Mbalinda, S., Brimdyr, K., Waiswa, P., Odongkara, B. M., & Hjelmstedt, A. (2018). A low-cost intervention to promote immediate skin-to-skin contact and improve temperature regulation in Northern Uganda. Afr J Midwifery Womens Health [Internet]. 2019 Jul 2 [cited 2020 Dec 9]; 13 (3): 1–12. | |
| dc.identifier.other | https://doi.org/10.12968/ajmw.2018.0037 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14270/833 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | African Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health | |
| dc.subject | Low‑cost intervention ■ Newborn temperature ■ Observation ■ Skin‑to‑skin contact | |
| dc.subject | Uganda | |
| dc.title | A low-cost intervention to promote immediate skin-to-skin contact and improve temperature regulation in Northern Uganda | |
| dc.type | Article |