What is Kangaroo Care?
Who is intended for this care?
Who can administer?
For the Baby:
For the Parents:
What are Misunderstandings about Kangaroo Care?
When can I start?
How do I kangaroo?
“The Benefits of Kangaroo Care” process improvement project has been co-developed by College of Health Sciences Physician Assistant Program, Kentucky Children’s Hospital and University of Kentucky Human Development Institute. Credits to UK Physician Assistant students, UK Kentucky Children Hospital NICU team and UK Faculty Media Depot for content creation and editing. Special thanks to NICU patients and their families. For questions please contact Principal Investigator of the project – Somu Chatterjee, MD, MPH, at somu.chatterjee@uky.edu and Co-PI Aparna Patra, M.D., (Neonatologist) at aparna.patra@uky.edu.