This is a must-see presentation for clinicians, researchers, hospital leaders, educators, policymakers, and anyone working to implement or advance Skin-to-Skin (Kangaroo) Care for preterm and vulnerable infants.
In this powerful presentation, Stina Klemming — an international speaker from Sweden, NIDCAP Trainer, neonatal expert, and respected leader in family-centered developmental care — presents the evidence behind immediate, prolonged, and uninterrupted Skin-to-Skin (Kangaroo) Care, including for very preterm infants requiring intensive care.
She challenges the long-standing culture of routine parent-infant separation and reframes the goal clearly: minimize separation, keep families together, and make Skin-to-Skin (Kangaroo) Care part of standard developmental care from birth.
The presentation reviews WHO recommendations, clinical research, safety, feasibility, thermoregulation, cardiorespiratory stabilization, mortality, infection reduction, neurodevelopmental outcomes, parent experiences, couplet care, and practical implementation strategies from high-resource settings.
This presentation makes a powerful case: separation should never be treated as harmless, routine, or inevitable when safe closeness is possible.
An essential resource for teams working to move from awareness to implementation, systems change, performance improvement, and culture transformation in neonatal care.