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WEBSITES FOR KANGAROO CARE 

1. www.kangaguru.com has many items for sale for Kangaroo Care as does www.kangaroowraps.com

2. Krissanne Larimer has a website for KC and the KC bib is available off this web site. The site is http://www.geocities.com/  page and a list of Dr. Ludington’s outcomes chart is at http://www.geocities.com/roopage/kcresearch.html.

Krissane Larimer also has another web site, and the document on it is Kangaroo Care Benefits. http://www.prematurity.org/baby/kangaroo.html

3. www.pathfinder.com/NY1/living/health/kangaroo_baby_care This is New York city health site that reports where

one can get Kangaroo Care in New York City and its outcomes. A very brief site.

4. KangarooCare@aol.com has some articles by Nils Bergman on it.

5. Kangaroo.javeriana.edu.co is the major KC Network website and is maintained by the Bogota group. It has many updates and should be checked regularly. It published as version of Dr. Ludington’s KC bib. This site is

maintained by Natalie Charpak and Natalie Charpak’s email is herchar5@colomsat.net.co