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The present study was undertaken to study acceptability of KMC in different community settings.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods:<\/jats:title>\n A community-based pilot study was carried out at three sites in the States of Odisha, Gujarat and Maharashtra covering rural, urban and rural tribal population, respectively. Trained health workers provided IEC (information, education and communication) on KMC during antenatal period along with essential newborn care messages. These messages were reinforced during the postnatal period. Outcome measures were the proportion of women accepting KMC, duration of KMC\/day and total number of days continuing KMC. Focus group discussions and in-depth interviews were also carried out.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n KMC was provided to 101 infants weighing 1500-2000 g; 57.4 per cent were preterm. Overall, 80.2 per cent mothers received health education on KMC during antenatal period, family members (68.3%) also attended KMC sessions along with pregnant women and 55.4 per cent of the women initiated KMC within 72 h of birth. KMC was provided on an average for five hours per day. Qualitative survey data indicated that the method was acceptable to mothers and family members; living in nuclear family, household work, twin pregnancy, hot weather, etc<\/jats:italic>., were cited as reasons for not being able to practice KMC for a longer duration.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Interpretation & conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n It was feasible to provide KMC using existing infrastructure, and the method was acceptable to most mothers of low birth infants.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/ijmr.ijmr_603_15","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,5,29]],"date-time":"2017-05-29T12:31:30Z","timestamp":1496061090000},"page":"51-57","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Community based kangaroo mother care for low birth weight babies"],"prefix":"10.25259","volume":"145","author":[{"given":"Reeta","family":"Rasaily","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"K. 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