Infant and neonatal mortality rates are still high in Indonesia, where the main problem of infant mortality is neonatal. One of the causes of neonatal death is Low Birth Weight (LBW)s infants who currently reach a prevalence of 10.2%. Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is one of the interventions to reduce death in LBWs infants, by making direct contact between the babys skin and the mothers skin. The practice of KMC has various benefits, one of which is to increase the babys weight. The purpose in this study is to analyze the relationship between KMC practice and weight of LBWs infants in North Jakarta. This research was conducted in North Jakarta with a research population is a mother who has LBWs infants post discharge from Koja Regional General Hospital, North Jakarta. Sampling was conducted by consecutive sampling. Dependent variable was infants weight and independent variable was KMC practice. Data collection was conducted through questionnaires and analyzed using Mann-Whitney analysis. Most LBW�s infants� mothers� practice KMC in a good position with an average duration of KMC practice of 3,02 hours per day. Based on Mann-Whitneys statistical tests, there is a significant relationship between KMC practice and infants weight. Infants weight is one the important factors of health, growth, and survival of LBW infants.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KANGAROO MOTHER CARE PRACTICE AND WEIGHT OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT�S INFANTS IN NORTH JAKARTA