OPEN CLINICAL STUDY (Denmark): Family Centered Healthcare – Zero Separation and Couplet Care

Today mother and infant are routinely separated directly after birth if there is a need of specialised treatment and care, despite of the significant and positive effects of skin-to-skin contact. Thus, there is a need of change in organizing the treatment and care in a way that minimizes separation.

The aim is to develop and test an intervention program that aims to improve treatment and care of sick mother-infant dyads. Further, to examine whether non-separated and couplet cared families experience a better admission course, improved health, and improved bonding in the family.