Hadi Pratomo

TL;DR: The institutionalisation processes of facility-based KMC services in three Asian countries and the reasons for the slow uptake of KMC in these countries are understood to illustrate the complexities of implementing a new healthcare intervention.

TL;DR: Findings of a study of postpartum women in major hospitals throughout Indonesia reinforce the importance of identifying the perceptions and the knowledge of women concerning breast-feeding and rooming-in so that hospital administrator, and health professionals can design programs and provide environments that encourage women to breast-feed their infants in optimal ways.

TL;DR: The implementation of KMC is a long-term process that requires dedication and support for a number of years, and some items in the progress-monitoring tool could be used to set standards for KMC that hospitals must meet for accreditation purposes.

TL;DR: This case study implemented KMC by an intervention that would ultimately benefit ten hospitals in Java, Indonesia, as well as identify supporting factors and barriers to KMC implementation.

TL;DR: This study included in-depth interviews and observations with ten LBWIs' mothers post-discharge from Koja District Hospital, North Jakarta and five health workers in North Jakarta to identify barriers and facilitators to KMC implementation and identify solutions for overcoming the barriers.