Benefits of paternal participation for newborn in the intensive care unit: an integrative review

Abstract

Introduction: Prematurity is any birth occurring before 37 completed weeks of gestation, and can be classified, according gestation age, into extreme prematurity (from 22 to less than 28 weeks), severe prematurity (from 28 to less than 32 weeks)  and moderate or late (from 32 to less than 37 weeks). Differents facts influence, such as: genetic, sociodemographic, environmental and especially those reletad to pregnancy. The active presence of the father in the neonatal care has been emphasized by ministerial standards, being seen as eesential for the development of the father, mother, baby triad, providing emotional and psychological benefits for the family. The kangaroo method is a proposal for humanized care for low birth weight newborns, promoted by brazilian the Ministry of Health, Its aims to integrate the family, into neonatal care, especially in cases of prematurity, and is developed in three stages, in the first stage, the presence of the fathers in the neonatal intensive care unit is encouraged, in the second stage, their participation is intensified, highlighting the importance of partenal involvement. Objective : The final objective of this work will be to review the literature to identify the benefits of paternal participation in the stages of the kangaroo method. Methodology : An integrative review of current scientific literature was carried out, which consists of searching for data based on keyword research and analysis of relevant studies that meet the eligibility criteria, based on the last 10 years (2014 to 2024). The search was carried out in the VHL database (LILACS, BDENF, MEDLINE and academic GOOGLE).