| Summary: | Background: Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is highly needed in
premature infants or low birth weight (LBW) by making direct skin to skin
contact between a mother and her baby. This method is very supportive to
the health and safety of newborns so that the infant�s temperature can be
maintained, because one of causes in low birth weight or premature death
is temperature arrangement. The benefit of KMC is to improve the
relationship between the infant with the mother. KMC can be done by
anyone by family members because it does not require difficult equipment.
Objective: To determine the effect of husband's involvement, support her
husband and other factors in Kangaroo Care (KMC) to changes in children
with low birth weight.
Method: The design of this study was quasi-experimental design with nonrandomized
pretest-posttest control group. The number of samples used
was 80 respondents. Analysis of the data used is the analysis univariabel,
bivariabel analysis using Chi-square, t-test with a significance level of p
<0.05 and multivariable analysis using linear regression..
Results: The analysis showed that the participation of the husband in the
KMC change greater in infants weight in comparison with a husband with
value of p tidakmengikutsertakan 0.001, support that the husband does
not have a significant relationship value of p, or 240, maternal education
has an important relationship value of p 0,028, use of the mother has no
relationship 0.655 significant staff p value, health support have a
significant relationship and social support 0,007 value of p have a
significant relationship value of p 0.010.
Conclusion: The participation of the husband in the education of KMC,
the mother, support staff of health and social support had a significant
relationship with the changes in infants with low weight at birth, while her
husband and support of work of the mother does not have a significant
relationship with the changes in babies with low birth weight infants.
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