TY - JOUR AU - Safari, Kolsoom AU - Saeed, Awaz Aziz AU - Hasan, Shukir Saleem AU - Moghaddam-Banaem, Lida PY - 2018 DA - 2018/07/16 TI - The effect of mother and newborn early skin-to-skin contact on initiation of breastfeeding, newborn temperature and duration of third stage of labor JO - International Breastfeeding Journal SP - 32 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact (SSC) after birth brings about numerous protective effects; however, it is an intervention that is underutilized in Iraq where a globally considerable rate of maternal and child death has been reported. The present study was conducted in order to assess the effects of SCC on initiation of breastfeeding, newborn temperature, and duration of the third stage of labor. SN - 1746-4358 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-018-0174-9 DO - 10.1186/s13006-018-0174-9 ID - Safari2018 ER -