Examining the influence of alcohol consumption on the protective function of social support in reducing intimate partner violence among adolescent girls and young women.

Prematurity is defined as a complex clinical syndrome resulting from a process triggered by several factors, determined by birth before 37 completed weeks of gestation. For every ten newborns worldwide, one is premature, meaning one birth occurs every two seconds. In 2020, the number of preterm births worldwide was 13.4 million. In Brazil, in 2021, the incidence of theses births was 302,636, with the rate per region around 11%. The occurrence of premature birth can have impacts on newborns’ extrauterine adaptation, considering that various vital systems are still developing. The lower the gestational age, the greater the repercussions on premature infants’ health, with a higher risk of morbidity and mortality. Due to this, a premature newborn (PTNB) is considered high-risk and may require admission to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) after birth. Therefore, hospitalization often becomes a difficult situation for the mothers of theses newborns, who find themselves in a moment of early separation, in addition to the unfamiliar and challenging setting of NICUs. For them, this separation can directly affect the building of the bond between them, as actions such as skin-to-skin contact, breastfeeding, or even touching are often not possible due to newborns’ clinical condition or even a lack of knowledge about the equipment within the unit, which end up causing feelings of insecurity and frustration.