[Baby follow-up in primary care: interface with the third stage of the kangaroo method].

Objective: To know the perceptions of health professionals in primary care on the follow-up of preterm and/or low birth weight babies and their families, and the interface with the third stage of Kangaroo Care.

Method: Exploratory and descriptive research with a qualitative approach, carried out in Basic Health Units in the municipality of Joinville, Santa Catarina. The data were collected between September and October of 2014, through semi-structured interviews, with 31 health professionals.

[Third stage of the Kangaroo Method converging investigative and care practices with families in outpatient care].

This study deals with qualitative, Convergent-Care Research whose objectives are to investigate the adaptation process experience of families in this third stage of the Kangaroo Method with premature and/or low weight newborns, to implement a nursing visit in reference to the four adaptive modes of the Roy Theory. The study was developed from October, 2006 to February, 2007 in a University Hospital. The subjects were six mothers, family members, and their babies.