OBJECTIVE: To test the effectiveness of skin to skin contact, between mother and child after birth, in reducing stress and pain behavior manifested by the cries of the newborn (NB), from the procedure of vaccination against Hepatitis B. METHODS: This is a quasi-experimental comparative study covering 40 full-term newborns, divided into two groups, with or without skin contact with their mothers after birth, and were compared in terms of time crying during vaccination against Hepatitis B. RESULTS: We observed, in both groups, changes in crying time during the phases of the process. CONCLUSION: The effect of contact in reducing crying time of neonates was not demonstrated statistically. Clinically, during the treatment time was observed Calling Syndrome caused by stress, as well as the effectiveness of the contact period in modulating the behavior of crying in newborns.
Mother-child relations; Infant, newborn; Postpartum period; Crying
