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March 26, 2026Advances in Neonatal Care1 citations

Improving Time to First Parental Positive Touch and Skin-to-Skin Hold for Preterm Infants

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KPKathryn L. PonderKGKimberly N. GrelliJNJanice Ngo

Key Points

  • The aim is to enhance parental positive touch and skin-to-skin holds for preterm infants.
  • Engagement of parent advisors in the initiative
  • Focus on improving care practices
  • Continuous efforts to ensure equity in care
  • Improvement in the implementation of parental positive touch
  • Increased skin-to-skin holding frequency
  • Progress towards reducing unplanned events in care

Abstract

A parent advisor can enhance the impact of initiatives to improve PPT/STS. Ongoing efforts should continue to ensure equity in PPT/STS care and strive for 0 UPEs.

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Ponder et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c4ccd6fdc3bde4489186d6https://doi.org/10.1097/anc.0000000000001355
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