Implantação da 1ª etapa do Método Canguru em uma Unidade Neonatal: uma análise dos benefícios e dificuldades

Abstract

This study investigates the Kangaroo Care intervention possibilities concerning the mother's approach to her premature baby, surrounded by a technological barrier that permeates treatment. The survival and development of the baby depend on technology, medicines and health professionals, as they represent, in his early life, safety for him and his mother. In the face of the adversities of this situation, the aim of the study is to analyze the challenges of the implementation of the 1st phase of the Kangaroo Care in a neonatal unit. Kangaroo Care not only provides early skin-to-skin contact between the infant and the mother and father, allowing greater participation in caring, but also enables the organization of the neonatal environment as to noise and lighting, and pain control, in order to decrease the negative effects on the infant s development. The basis of Winnicott's thought shows that the consistency of maternal care ensures continuity of being or continuing baby's existence. Thus, the baby depends emotionally on the mother for his survival and, in the neonatal unit, depends on the professionals present there. Thus, the concern of this research is to look closer at the medical professionals who work in the neonatal unit, because the physical and mental health of the premature baby depends on them. The research was conducted at the Neonatal Unit of the University Hospital of the State University of Londrina. We used a qualitative research method, participant observation and interviews, contextualizing the first stage of the Kangaroo Care implementation through evaluation of benefits and difficulties