Kangaroo Mother Care is defined as a technique involving skin-to-skin contact. It involves the baby wearing only a cloth on their back and a diaper. Kangaroo care began in 1978 in Bogotá, Colombia. The reason the practice had began was there was a death rate of nearly 70 percent for infants that were premature. The main causes for infant death rates during that time included infants getting infections, infants having problems with their respiratory systems, and having no attention given to them (Charpak, 2010). Even though kangaroo mother care can take place in all class countries (low, middle, as well as high-income countries), it is most common in countries that are still developing that don’t have the same level of health care found in countries such as the United States. The primary reason it is being practiced is because it is a practice that costs next to nothing. Due to the fact that it has such a low cost, it makes it affordable in a country that is lower class where there is only one doctor. Surprisingly, studies show that the infants who receive kangaroo mother care may be better off than the infants who don’t receive kangaroo mother care.
