Kangaroo care is skin-to-skin contact between mothers or fathers and their infants. Research studies are conducted at Case Western Reserve University, and certification as a kangaroo caregiver and conferences on kangaroo care are developed and administered by faculty at Case.
Ongoing research studies are funded variously by the National Institute for Nursing Research (NINR/NIH), the Ohio Nurses Foundation, and the Regents Infrastructure Grant. These studies include:
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Skin Contact Effects on Physiologic Sleep |
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Kangaroo Care to Blunt Pain in Premature Infants |
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Kangaroo Care to Support African American Breastfeeding |
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Kangaroo Care at Birth: Temperature and Blood Glucose Outcomes in Fullterm Infants |
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Development and Sleep Organization in Fullterm Infants |
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