Poor behavior change communication on maternal nutrition and health throughout pregnancy is thought to be to blame for Ethiopia’s high rate of low birthweight babies, and this has implications for neonatal morbidity and mortality. The effect of behavior
Lack of change in birth- weights of infants by generational status among Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Black Caribbean, and Black African mothers in a British cohort study. Int J Epidemiol 2004;33:1279 - 85.Harding S, Rosato MG, Cruickshank JK. Lack of change in birthweights of infants ...
Figure 4.Dose–response associations of maternal hemoglobin change from first to late-second trimesters (a), from first to late-third trimesters (b) and from late-second to late-third trimesters (c) with neonatal birth weight. Thep-values for overall associations were <0.001. Thep-values for...
Infant mortality (IM) and birth outcomes, key population health indicators, have lifelong implications for individuals, and are unequally distributed globally. Even among western industrialized nations, striking cross-country and within-country patterns are evident. We sought to better understand these var...