ArticleMaternal and child health journal2020
Determinants of Low Birth Weight in Ghana: Does Quality of Antenatal Care Matter?
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- Effect of antenatal care on low birth weight: a systematic review and meta-analysis in Africa, 2022.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
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- Using an implementation research approach to assess the birth outcomes associated with the 2016 World Health Organization antenatal care policy across states in Nigeria: multilevel analysis of national survey data.BMC global and public health · 2025Article
- A Bayesian quantile regression approach for determining risk factors of low birth weight of under five children in Cambodia.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effect of antenatal care on birth outcomes in the Gambia: A propensity score matching analysis.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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- Assessment of quality of antenatal care services and associated factors in Malawi: Insights from a nationwide household survey.PloS one · 2024Article
- Spatial patterns and predictors of missing key contents of care during prenatal visits in Ethiopia: Spatial and multilevel analyses.PloS one · 2024Article
- Independent and joint contributions of inadequate antenatal care timing, contacts and content to adverse pregnancy outcomes.Annals of medicine · 2023Article
- Effect of prenatal care quality on the risk of low birth weight, preterm birth and vertical transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Fetal outcomes and their correlates following caesarian section in a rural setting in Ghana.PloS one · 2023Article
- Antenatal care attendance and low birth weight of institutional births in sub-Saharan Africa.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- An assessment of the quality of antenatal care and pregnancy outcomes in a tertiary hospital in Ghana.PloS one · 2022Article
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- Stigma toward small babies and their mothers in Ghana: A study of the experiences of postpartum women living with HIV.PloS one · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesLow birth weight is a public health issue that contributes to perinatal and infant mortality, especially in limited-resource settings, but there is limited understanding of the determinants of low birth weight and the contributions of quality antenatal care to maintaining healthy birth weights for newborns in such settings. This study aims at establishing links between birthweight and quality antenatal care in Ghana.
methodsWe used data collected from the recent 2017 Ghana Maternal Health Survey and applied complementary log-log models to investigate relationships between the quality of antenatal care (screening/diagnostic procedures, clinical interventions, type of health provider) and low birth weight in Ghana.
resultsThe results reveal that compared to women who received low quality clinical interventions, those who received high quality interventions were significantly less likely to have a low birth weight baby. Similarly, women who made the recommended number of antenatal visits (at least eight) were significantly less likely to have a baby with low birth weight than women making fewer visits.
conclusionOur findings suggest that while the number of antenatal visits is important, the quality of care received during such visits is equally relevant to reducing low birth weight in Ghana.
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