TABLE 4.

Participant responses (n = 224) to the quantitative component of Item 24 of the instrument: Health Professionals' Beliefs about Skin‐to‐Skin Care During a Cesarean (SSC_B)

In your opinion, should SSC begin in the OR for alert and responsive mothers and their babies?	Yes	No	Ambivalent*
n (%)	185 (82.6)	16 (7.1)	23 (10.3)

Note: See Table 1 for all instrument items.

Abbreviations: Ambivalent*, participants' responses could not be identified as yes or no; OR, operating room (operating theatre); SSC, skin‐to‐skin care; SSC_B, Health Professionals' Beliefs about Skin‐to‐Skin Care During a Cesarean.