Assessing socioeconomic correlates of birthweight in peninsular Malaysia: Ethnic differences and charges over time

Vanzo, Julie Da; Habicht, Jean‐Pierre; Butz, William

doi:10.1016/0277-9536(84)90056-x

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“…A study in Malaysia found that income was correlated with birth weight. Furthermore, income seemed to modify the risk associated with short interparty intervals, where the risk of fetal malnutrition probability is the highest [15]. In our study, the relationship between socioeconomic status and LBW was different from other studies.…”

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The Relationship between Social Determinants of Health and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Tabriz

Alizadeh

Dastgiri²,

Taghavi

et al. 2014

j clin res gov

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Ab s t r a c tPurpose: To assess the effects of social determinants of health on pregnancy outcome in rural and urban areas of Tabriz.Methods: A retrospective cohort study design was used to examine 600 pregnant women who attended antenatal health care services in Tabriz, Iran from August 2012 to the October 2013. They were followed up from the sixth week of gestation to three months after delivery. Socioeconomic indicators and some other measures such as body mass index, family income status, maternal education and occupation, cigarette smoking, depression, intimate partner violence based upon health ministry guidelines and pregnancy outcomes including low birth weight, small for gestational, and preterm delivery, cesarean delivery and miscarriage were assessed . Results:The mean age of women was 26.1 ± 6.6 years in rural and 27.9 ± 5.7 years in urban areas and the mean duration of pregnancy was 39.03± 1.36 weeks. There was a significant association between maternal education, cesarean section and abortion. BMI played a major role on almost all poor pregnancy outcomes (LBW, PTB, cesarean section, miscarriage) and income status was the first predictor of low birth weight. Socio demographic and behavioral factors were particularly important for predicting miscarriage, preterm labor and low birth weight. Conclusion:Although residential area (rural versus urban of Tabriz) was associated with preterm labor, low birth weight and cesarean section , only cesarean section had a significant effect after adjusting for confounding factors such as income and education level, age, parity, obstetrical complications .Disparity in distribution of resources in rural and urban area were the main factors that made the pregnancy complicated in our study.

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The Relationship between Social Determinants of Health and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Tabriz

Alizadeh

Dastgiri²,

Taghavi

et al. 2014

j clin res gov

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“…mothers round the true birthweights to the nearest half-pound), then tabulations of average birthweight or the percentage low birthweight should still reveal the expected patterns by place of delivery and level of mother's education. Specifically, since previous studies show a strong and consistent association between birthweight and socioeconomic status (typically defined in terms of income, social class and/or education) in both developing and industrialized countries, 9,17 we expect that average birthweights will increase (and proportions of low birthweight will decrease) with increasing levels of maternal education. In addition, we expect that, even in the presence of controls for women's education, average birthweights will be higher (and the prevalence of low birthweight lower) for births delivered in health facilities than for those delivered at home, for two reasons.…”

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“…relative size of the infant at birth) from the full sample of respondents, along with numerical birthweights where available, can reduce these biases. 3,9,10 The underlying assumption of these studies has been that although the numerical birthweights come from a non-random sub-sample and may be clustered around preferred values, they are generally accurate.…”

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Can accurate data on birthweight be obtained from health interview surveys?

Robles

Goldman²

1999

International Journal of Epidemiology

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ResultsThe estimates suggest that a substantial proportion of women whose newborns were probably never weighed report a birthweight. For all of the surveys, with the possible exception of Costa Rica, the average birthweights appear to be too high, and the estimates of the prevalence of low birthweight too low. In addition, the data reveal anomalous patterns, such as higher birthweights for home as compared with hospital deliveries.Conclusions These findings suggest that estimates of low birthweight derived from surveys in developing countries are likely to portray an overly optimistic picture of children's and women's health status. More information about the underlying source of these data are needed not only to provide additional insight into the degree of error characterizing existing estimates, but also to improve data collection strategies in future health interview surveys.

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“…Inability to breast-feed could have been caused by the same factors that caused the infants to die (cf. the Malaysian studies of DaVanzo et al, 1983DaVanzo et al, , 1984.…”

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Survival in the perinatal period: a prospective analysis

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A prospective study of 3080 Filipino mothers and non-twin births in 33 communities is used to study the determinants of mortality in week 1 postpartum. The results show significant nonlinear birth weight effects and the importance of environmental contamination, particularly for infants born by traditional methods at home, and several other intermediate and underlying determinants of perinatal mortality. The pathways through which important sociodemographic factors affect perinatal mortality are also presented.

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Assessing socioeconomic correlates of birthweight in peninsular Malaysia: Ethnic differences and charges over time

Cited by 40 publications

References 22 publications

The Relationship between Social Determinants of Health and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Tabriz

The Relationship between Social Determinants of Health and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Tabriz

Can accurate data on birthweight be obtained from health interview surveys?

Survival in the perinatal period: a prospective analysis

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