TIMELINE

Until 20/08/2026 - Final deadline for abstract submission. The number of authors is limited to 10. At least one of the authors must be registered for the Congress in order to submit the abstract. Each author may submit up to 3 abstracts.

From 20/08/2026 to 14/09/2026 - Abstract review period. Each abstract will be evaluated by the Abstract Review Committee.

From 15/09/2026 - Announcement of accepted abstracts. The results will be published on the Congress website. The submitting author will receive an email notification instructing them to consult the website for information regarding the format, date and location of the presentation or exhibition.

• Abstract submission must be carried out by an author who has pre-registered for the Congress, with no immediate payment of the registration fee required at the time of submission.
• Abstracts must be entered directly on the Congress website, under “Submit Your Abstract”.
• Submission of a scientific abstract constitutes a formal commitment by the author(s) to present the work, if accepted, at the Congress on the date and time assigned and previously communicated.
• To submit an abstract, it is necessary to provide the email address and password of one of the authors, as defined during Congress registration.
• Each author may submit up to 3 abstracts. There is no limit to participation as a co-author in abstracts submitted by other participants.
• Each abstract may include up to 10 authors, with the first listed author designated as the corresponding/main author, followed by co-authors.
• The Scientific Review Committee appointed for this event is responsible for evaluating the abstracts according to specific scientific criteria and has full autonomy to determine the presentation format. Authors will be informed of the presentation modality in advance.
• Accepted abstracts will be published on this website according to the deadlines established in the timeline. Submitting authors will also be notified by email.
• After acceptance, payment of the Congress registration fee is required for the abstract to be included in the scientific program.

ABSTRACT PREPARATION GUIDELINES

1. The abstract text must be structured according to the modality selected by the authors: Original Study / Systematic Review / Meta-analysis or Research Report.
2. Title: Must be objective, concise and informative, with a maximum of 170 characters, including spaces.
3. Authors: Full name, reference name format, institutional affiliation, city and state/country must be provided. The main author must be listed first, followed by co-authors, if applicable.
4. Abstract: the text must be clear and concise, with up to 3,000 characters (including spaces) and up to five (5) keywords. The following are NOT allowed: text formatting, graphs, tables, formulas, symbols, special characters, or images. Do not use paragraphs. In the case of abbreviations and acronyms, spell them out the first time they are used.
5. Research Reports are studies guided by a research question, assumption, or hypothesis, which present an explicitly described scientific method and report results critically analyzed in dialogue with the relevant scientific literature. In this category, the following sections are mandatory: Introduction, Objectives, Methodology, Results, Conclusions.
6. Experience Reports describe practices, interventions, programs, or meaningful experiences, either completed or ongoing, that allow for critical reflection on work processes, service innovation, or professional practices. In this category, the following sections are mandatory: Presentation/Introduction; Experience Subject; Description (including the period of implementation, location, and participants involved, techniques adopted, and the context in which it took place), Results (with critical analysis), and Final Considerations (lessons learned and contributions).
7. It is recommended that authors include two to four relevant references related to their presentation and abstract category in the space provided for this purpose; these words will not be counted toward the abstract’s maximum word limit.
8. Submissions must be included under one of the thematic axes listed below:
   • Track 1 - Clinical Practices and Individualized Care
     Integrates experiences and research on:
     - skin-to-skin contact and its intercultural variations;
     - breastfeeding and clinical management;
     - clinical stability, pain, comfort, and self-regulation;
     - father's participation and shared parental responsibility;
     - family participation.
   • Track 2 - Interculturality, Diversity, and Rights in the Care of the Newborn and Their Family
     Focused on the relationship between care practices and cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and social contexts:
     - neonatal care in culturally diverse contexts;
     - Indigenous, migrant, and refugee populations;
     - social determinants, equity, and reproductive justice;
     - child and family rights and ethics of care.
   • Track 3 - Innovations and Technologies to Strengthen the Kangaroo Method
     Covers technological and organizational solutions that expand care:
     - devices, low-tech and digital technologies;
     - transformative care experiences;
     - monitoring and home-based care;
     - telehealth and tele-education for families and teams;
     - evidence-based interventions, service design, and environmental management.
   • Track 4 - Care Networks, Public Policies, and Implementation of the Kangaroo Method
     Brings together studies and reports on:
     - national and international experiences in implementing the Kangaroo Method;
     - service organization, care management, and public policies;
     - integration between maternity care-primary care-community;
     - indicators, evaluation, health surveillance, and program sustainability.
   • Track 5 - Clinical and Psychosocial Evidence
     Dedicated to original research related to the Kangaroo Method:
     - clinical, epidemiological, experimental, or qualitative studies;
     - evidence on mortality, morbidity, neurodevelopment, and well-being;
     - perinatal mental health;
   • Track 6 - Bonding, Parenting, Social and Family Networks
     This track prioritizes approaches that highlight the leading role of families and family and community relationships in consolidating the Kangaroo Method:
     - emotional bonds between baby, mother, father, and family;
     - parenting and shared responsibility processes in care;
     - extended family and community networks;
     - narratives of mothers, fathers, and caregivers;
     - shared responsibility and support networks.
   • Track 7 - Growth, Child Development, and Follow-up
     Track aimed at understanding how early care, especially skin-to-skin contact, impacts developmental outcomes in the short, medium, and long term:
     - effects of the Kangaroo Method on child development across dimensions: neuropsychomotor, emotional, social, and cognitive;
     - growth and development of children born preterm and/or with low birth weight;
     - longitudinal monitoring, outpatient follow-up, and early stimulation interventions;
     - risk and protective factors throughout the first 1,000 days of life.
   • Track 8 - Training, Continuing Education, and Professional Competencies in the Kangaroo Method
     Focused on teaching practices and pedagogical strategies:
     - curricula, training programs, mentoring;
     - innovative teaching and learning methodologies;
     - interprofessional team training;
     - teaching the Kangaroo Method in undergraduate and graduate programs;
     - challenges in health education across different territories.

GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

• Abstracts that include references to brand names and commercial products in the text, either in the title or in the abstract, will not be accepted.
• No changes to the content of abstracts/papers will be allowed after the submission process has been completed.
• Authors authorize the Organizing Committee of the XV INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP AND CONGRESS ON KANGAROO MOTHER CARE and the II BRAZILIAN CONGRESS ON KANGAROO CARE to publish the abstract nationally and internationally after its presentation, with no payment of copyright/royalties due.

CERTIFICATES

Certificates for the presented papers will be published on the congress website within up to 5 days after the event and will remain available for download/printing for 3 months after the event. One certificate will be issued per abstract, following the authors' registration order.