2018
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-018-1789-y
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Low birth weight among term newborns in Wolaita Sodo town, South Ethiopia: a facility based cross-sectional study

Abstract: BackgroundIn low income countries, many low birth weight newborns often miss the chance for survival sooner or later. Others who survive would also face increased risks in later life. Though not adequately documented in Ethiopia, maternal factors pose the main risk. This study was aimed to estimate the proportion of low birth weight among term singletons without congenital malformations and factors associated with it in Wolaita Sodo town in South Ethiopia.MethodsWe did a facility based survey involving 432 pos… Show more

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“…This finding was consistent with studies conducted in Ethiopia and Zimbabwe [27,32,33]. But it is inconsistent with a study conducted in another part of Ethiopia [13]. This discrepancy might be due to differences in the study settings where our study area covered both urban and rural hospitals and the latter study was conducted in an urban setting where a teaching and referral hospital was also included.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 83%
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“…This finding was consistent with studies conducted in Ethiopia and Zimbabwe [27,32,33]. But it is inconsistent with a study conducted in another part of Ethiopia [13]. This discrepancy might be due to differences in the study settings where our study area covered both urban and rural hospitals and the latter study was conducted in an urban setting where a teaching and referral hospital was also included.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 83%
“…The magnitude of LBW varies across regions within countries [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, when a woman was unavailable, any adult who was present and ate food in the household in the previous day was asked. Women are commonly responsible for food preparation and child feeding roles in their households in the study area [23,35,36]. Moreover, the women commonly remain at home more often than any other family member in this area.…”
Section: Data Collectionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, there is a dearth of evidence derived from methodologically rigorous studies on whether socioeconomic gradient exists in LBW in Ethiopia. Some literatures have looked at the relation between SES and LBW [25][26][27][28], but without looking into whether the observed association has shown gradients along the continuum of the SES. Further, all of these studies covered small geographical locations in the country without showing how LBW was related with SES nationally.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%