To celebrate Kangaroo Care Day (May 15), we hosted three international guest experts in May 2022.
Click on the name of our guest expert to watch their recording:Livio Provenzi, Ph.D. (Italy) Dr. Agnes Linnér (Sweden) Dr. Dorothy Vittner (USA)For information about the three sessions, click here
Understanding the neurobiological influences
of skin to skin contact
by Dorothy Vittner, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
RESOURCES:
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The Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP): https://nidcap.org/
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Publications and independent clinical studies of Kangaroo Care using The Zaky ZAK as the Kangaroo Care Device and publications co-authored by Yamile Jackson, PhD, PE.
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Application of a Risk Management Framework to Parent Sleep During Skin-to-Skin Care in the NICU. Authors: Ashley M. Weber, Yamile C. Jackson, Mason R. Elder, Sarah L. Remer, Nehal A. Parikh, Jennifer J. Hofherr, Kristin C. Voos, and Heather C. Kaplan
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She also founded Nurtured by Design and engineered The Zaky® www.thezaky.com