[Mother Kangaroo Method: an investigation about the domestic practice].

This is a descriptive study, within uantitative approach, aiming at acquiring knowledge regarding the domestic practice of Mother Kangaroo Method. Data were collected from a survey for the parents of prematures hospitalized in a University Hospital in São Luís, Maranhão State, from May to August, 2005. According to the findings, 100% of the families received training and guidance in the hospital and only in 53.