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Any proposed trial of the effectiveness of an intervention should be preceded by a smaller pilot to assess the feasibility of a definitive trial when carried out in an under-researched area or a new setting. It has been shown from the literature search that there is not a substantial body of literature on KMC and that this is significantly more limited when focusing on KMC in LBW infants.There is also the question of whether such a trial could be carried out in the country of Saudi Arabia.

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Hend Abdu Alnajjar, Assistant professor in paediatric nursing at College of nursing in King Saud bin Abduaziz University for Health Science 2013 onwards. I graduated from Manchester University in Philosophy of nursing, UK in November 2012.I am interested in research topics such as paediatric and health promotion, neonatal care.

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