ABSTRAK
Perawatan BBLR biasanya relative lama, apalagi dengan adanya masalah lainyang menyertai. Sehingga perlu adanya persiapan pada BBLR dalam kelanjutanperawatan, bila sampai di rumah. Pelaksanaan perencanaan pulang perlu ada padaBBLR. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi pengaruh pelaksanaanperencanaan pulang berfokus perawatan metode kanguru terhadap ketrampilan ibumelakukan PMK di rumah. Penelitian kuantitatif dengan menggunakanmetodologi quasi eksperimen design non equivalent control group post test only.Sampel dalam penelitian berjumlah 30 responden, masing-masing 15 respondenpada kelompok kontrol, dan kelompok intervensi. Hasil penelitian dengan uji ChiSquare menunjukkan adanya perbedaan yang signifikan (p value < 0,002). Faktorperancu: pendidikan, pengalaman, emosi ibu, kondisi fisik, dukungan suami dantingkat ekonomi sosial tidak berpengaruh terhadap ketrampilan ibu. Saranpenerapan perencanaan pulang PMK dimulai sejak dirawat sampai ke rumahuntuk melakukan pemantauan.

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Abstract
Caring of low birth weight baby usually took relatively long time, especially whenthe newborn baby experiencing other health problem. Therefore, preparation forhome care through discharge planning program should be initiated as soon aspossible. This research aimed to identify the influence of discharge planningfocused on Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) to mother?s skill in implementingKMC at home. Quasi eksperimen non equivalent control group post test only wasused as research design and the data was analyzed with Chi-square test. Thesample of this research was 30 respondents. The result showed that dischargeplanning focused on KMC significantly increasing mother?s skill to implementKMC at home (p value=0.00). Confounding factors such as: level of education,experience, mother?s emotional status, physical condition, support from husband,and social economic level was not correlated to mother?s skill to implement KMCat home. It was recommended to started KMC from hospital and monitor itsimplementation at home.