Although participants' regular, positive accounts of the intervention's effect affirmed its broad acceptability, caution is needed because one participant became distressed and over half declined study involvement.
Further intervention development research and evaluation, 45 exploring this range of possibilities, including feasibility and acceptability with those implementing them, is needed.
More research on the acceptability of skin to skin care is needed.
More research is needed into determining acceptability of HPFI in a wider range of stakeholders, particularly policymakers, who will be involved in designing and delivering HPFI schemes.
Further exploration is needed of the acceptability of the options to stakeholders, likely costs and cost-effectiveness in order to generate consensus beyond this community.
Before widespread introduction of communication technologies into everyday practice to complement communication, treatment and management, more research on the effectiveness, cost effectiveness, acceptability and adoption by health professionals is needed.
Further research is needed to examine the acceptability in other groups.
Additional research is needed to explore their acceptability and feasibility in Calicut.
Further research is needed on the feasibility, acceptability, and cost of using alternative oils, such as sunflower oil.
