Abstract: This paper highlights the need to acknowledge the importance and impact of both physical and emotional closeness between preterm infants and parents in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Through consideration of the literature in this area, the authors have outlined some of the reasons why physical closeness and emotional closeness are crucial to the physical, emotional, and social well-being of both the infant and the parent.

Abstract: Postpartum depression (PPD) is a serious public health issue. Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is widely considered to be the most feasible, readily available, and preferred intervention for decreasing neonatal morbidity and mortality in developing countries. The authors conducted a prospective study to assess the effect of KMC on PPD.

Abstract: Advances in technology have resulted in increasing survival rates even for extremely premature infants. While sophisticated medical management is vital to infant survival, research has found that social factors and caregiving processes are important predictors of infants' later outcomes. Consequently, evidence is accumulating to demonstrate the fundamental role of mothers and families in the optimal developmental outcome of premature infants.