Perceptions and neonatal care behavior of women in a Kangaroo-Mother Care Program

Authors

  • Manuela Beltrão Oliveira e Silva Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Regina Célia Souza Brito Universidade Federal do Pará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v12i2.7258

Keywords:

Kangaroo-Mother Care Program, maternal behavior, women

Abstract

The goal of this study was to analyze the perceptions, experiences and neonatal care behavior of women in a Kangaroo-Mother Care Program so as to understand how they perceived this experience. The sample was composed of 5 mother-baby dyads (mother’s ages ranged between 16 and 33 years). Collected data included the Beck Depression Inventory and the Maternal Acceptance questionnaire with respect to the Kangaroo Program. Non-verbal behavior was observed through daily sessions while two thematic interviews were used to clarify various obscure aspects of the data. The results suggest that the Kangaroo mother care Program was well tolerated by mothers, but outside factors also influenced maternal behavior and participant’s emotions. All mothers followed the prescribed activities and the period spent on the Program seems to have been used as a reflective moment in their lives. Further investigations remain to be conducted, in order to improve Kangaroo-Mother Care Program development.

 

Keywords: Kangaroo-Mother Care Program; maternal behavior; women.

Author Biographies

Manuela Beltrão Oliveira e Silva, Universidade Federal do Pará

Formada em Pedagogia pela Universidade da Amazônia. Especialista em Informática Educativa e Administração Escolar. Mestre pelo Programa de Pós graduação em Psicologia - Teoria e Pesquisa do Comportamento pela UFPA e Doutoranda pelo Programa de Pós Graduação Psicologia - Teoria e Pesquisa do Comportamento. Atuou como Coordenadora de curso de graduação na Faculdade Integrada Brasil Amazônia e ministra as disciplinas Psicologia do Desenvolvimento e Psicologia da Educação.

Regina Célia Souza Brito, Universidade Federal do Pará

Possui graduação em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Pará (1985), mestrado em Teoria e Pesquisa do Comportamento pela Universidade Federal do Pará (1993) e doutorado em Psicologia (Psicologia Experimental) pela Universidade de São Paulo (1999). Atualmente é professor adjunto 2 da Universidade Federal do Pará. Tem experiência na área de Psicologia, com ênfase em Processos Perceptuais e Cognitivos; Desenvolvimento durante o ciclo vital, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: comportamento social, investimento e cuidado parental, sexualidade e afetividade, seleção de parceiros, homossexualidade, aspectos da afetividade e sexualidade no envelhecimento, filogenia, evolução humana, comportamento animal, forrageamento de insetos sociais.

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Oliveira e Silva, M. B., & Brito, R. C. S. (2008). Perceptions and neonatal care behavior of women in a Kangaroo-Mother Care Program. Interação Em Psicologia, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v12i2.7258

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Vol. 12 No. 2 (2008)

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