Abstract
ABSTRACT Objective: To reflect about the father’s experience close to the premature son using the kangaroo method under the referential of Merleau-Ponty. Method: Theoretical-reflexive study based on the phenomenology of perception and behavior proposed by Merleau-Ponty and relevant literature. Results: To live the prematurity with the son using the kangaroo method, provides for the father to recognize himself as a being in the world. His intentions regarding the care are demonstrated through the skin to skin contact and the associated care for the newborn child. From the lived experiences, the father can exert the fullness of his paternity. Conclusion and implications for practice: By comprehending the father’s way of being, acting and reacting using the kangaroo method, it will be possible to reflect upon his attitudes as caregiver and get him closer to the newborn child. Therefore, it is possible to strengthen the behaviors between father and son with the purpose of creating an emotional bond, thus allowing the inherent care regarding prematurity. Understanding the paternal behavior in the care of the premature child in the Kangaroo Method and their perceptions about care neonatal, can benefit nursing praxis from the perspective of promoting neonatal health, as well as in the prevention of diseases in relation to morbidity and Infant mortality.
Highlights
The presence of the father in the kangaroo methodThais Rosental Gabriel Lopes[1] Viviane Euzébia Pereira Santos[1] Jovanka Bittencourt Leite de Carvalho[1 1]
In the context of neonatal care, the Kangaroo Method (MC) stands out as a humanized care in the scenario of prematurity, which occurs when gestation is interrupted before the 37th week of the gestational cycle, as well as the birth of a premature infant weighing 2,500 grams or less.[1]
This assistance modality first appeared in Colombia in 1979 as a proposal to improve the quality of life and decrease the mortality of premature infants.The absence of adequate material resources for the care, motivated pediatricians to position the newborns on the maternal thorax, inspired by the marsupial method of the females that carry the puppies next to the body until their physiological maturation
Summary
Thais Rosental Gabriel Lopes[1] Viviane Euzébia Pereira Santos[1] Jovanka Bittencourt Leite de Carvalho[1 1]. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte.
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