Benefits of the kangaroo method in encouraging breastfeeding in newborn:Integrative review

Bethânia   de Sousa Aguiar; Neemias Costa Duarte Neto; Italo Ramon Moreira Alves Nascimento; Maria  Deusa Bezerra Brito; Jessica  Karolina Carneiro Cantanhede; Yasmin  da Silva Barbosa; Ana  Victória Ribeiro Barbosa; Beatrice  Santos de Sousa; Alessandro  Madeira Moraes; Elaine  Cristina Silva Miranda Fernandes

Benefits of the kangaroo method in encouraging breastfeeding in newborn

Integrative review

Bethânia de Sousa Aguiar Universidade Ceuma https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9371-1999
Neemias Costa Duarte Neto Universidade Federal do Maranhão https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2513-0947
Italo Ramon Moreira Alves Nascimento Faculdade Pitágoras https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6721-8723
Maria Deusa Bezerra Brito Universidade Ceuma https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9118-7048
Jessica Karolina Carneiro Cantanhede Universidade Ceuma https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0261-2521
Yasmin da Silva Barbosa Universidade Ceuma https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4876-2701
Ana Victória Ribeiro Barbosa Universidade Ceuma https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6053-685X
Beatrice Santos de Sousa Universidade Ceuma https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5659-9297
Alessandro Madeira Moraes Universidade Ceuma https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6234-744X
Elaine Cristina Silva Miranda Fernandes Universidade Ceuma https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0881-7448

Abstract

The kangaroo method is characterized as a policy of humanized care, comprising a set of practices that facilitate the care of newborns. The objective was to describe the benefits of the kangaroo method in promoting breastfeeding in newborns. This is an integrative literature review, conducted through a bibliographic survey in the Virtual Health Library (BVS-BIREME), using the databases: Scientific Library Online (SciELO), Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), and Nursing Database (BDENF), utilizing Health Descriptors (DeCS) and boolean operators "Kangaroo Method" AND "Breastfeeding" AND "Nursing". Complete articles, freely accessible, in Portuguese and English, published between 2014 and 2024, whose results meet the objective of this study, were included. Duplicate articles, monographs, dissertations, theses, integrative reviews, conference proceedings, and incomplete texts were excluded. The data analysis showed that the kangaroo position, when performed correctly, promotes benefits for breastfeeding and its effectiveness is related to greater adherence and maintenance of breastfeeding, reduction of early weaning, better sucking, and increased milk production. Thus, the importance of the nurse for the success of the practice and the advantages the method provides for the newborn are highlighted.

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2025-04-08

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de Sousa Aguiar, B., Costa Duarte Neto, N., Ramon Moreira Alves Nascimento, I., Deusa Bezerra Brito , M., Karolina Carneiro Cantanhede , J., da Silva Barbosa , Y., Victória Ribeiro Barbosa, A., Santos de Sousa , B., Madeira Moraes, A., & Cristina Silva Miranda Fernandes, E. (2025). Benefits of the kangaroo method in encouraging breastfeeding in newborn. REVISTA CEREUS, 17(1), 334-344. Retrieved from https://ojs.unirg.edu.br/index.php/1/article/view/5477

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