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Health outcomes related to applying immediate SSC on maternal and newborn healthOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Maternal newborn skin to skin contact (SSC), is a significant strategy for improving breastfeeding initiation, duration, and exclusivity during childbirth. Ensuring evidence based maternity policies that facilitate “no separation” is an essential responsibility for all birth attendants to ensure optimum level of health for mothers and their children. Aim: The study aimed to evaluate the effect of mother and newborn immediate SSC after delivery on maternal and neonate health. Research design: A quasi-experimental research design was used. Setting: This study was conducted at Women Health Hospital in Port Said city. Sample: Purposive sampling technique was used to select 200 women (100 women for study and 100 women for control groups) and 23 nurses .Tools: Four tools were used for collection of data, Maternal Assessment Sheet, Newborn Assessment Sheet, Maternal Satisfaction Scale and Nurses’ Opinnionaire Regarding Facilities and Barriers toward SSC. Results: Majority (81.0%) of studied women had high satisfaction and 98% of neonate in study group had normal Apgar score after 5 minutes compared to control group.Also, there is a highly positive statistically significant relationship between maternal and newborn immediate SSC regarding initiation of first breast feeding and its duration among studied women compared to control women Conclusion: Women who practice SSC have a shorter duration of placental expulsion, less blood loss, early initiation of first breastfeeding compared to control women. Moreover, major barriers reported by nurses for applying SSC are haospital then maternal followed by neonatal barriers.