Fig 1.
Lit: Literature review, C/S: Caesarean Section, KC: Kangaroo care, NICU: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, BFHI: baby friendly hospital initiative, Admin: Administration.
Table 1.
Skin-to-skin contact definitions in included studies where defined (alphabetical) by author/s name.
Table 2.
Summary of included studies categorised by WHO regions.
Table 3.
Timing of starting skin-to-skin contact as reported in included studies (alphabetical) by author/s name.
Table 4.
Duration of skin-to-skin contact as reported in included studies (alphabetical) by author/s name.
Fig 2.
The prevalence of skin-to-skin contact for the first hour after normal birth based on World Bank classification by income.