SynthesisFrontiers in public health2023
Effect of antenatal care on low birth weight: a systematic review and meta-analysis in Africa, 2022.
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- The maternal factors associated with infant low birth weight: an umbrella review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Pooled it
- Nationwide Trends in Newborn Anthropometric Indicators in Kazakhstan, 2013-2022: A Population-Level Time-Trend Analysis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Factors associated with birth weight and birth length among term newborns in Vietnam: a retrospective cross-sectional study.Child health nursing research · 2026Article
- Effect of completing eight or more antenatal care contacts on adverse pregnancy outcomes in a district hospital in Ghana: A propensity score-matched and doubly robust analysis.Global epidemiology · 2026Article
- Compliance with WHO-recommended eight+ antenatal care contacts among adolescent and young mothers in Kenya: policy implications from the 2022 Kenya demographic health survey.Reproductive health · 2026Article
- District-level changes in low birth weight in India: National Family Health Surveys, 2016 and 2021.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- How much can healthier diets reduce future economic and human costs? Results from Ethiopia and the Philippines.Health policy and planning · 2026Article
- Evaluating the safety of prenatal HIV PrEP use: Perinatal outcomes from three cohort studies in Western Kenya.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
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- Antenatal care utilization and low birth weight in Zambia: Evidence from the Zambia Demographic and Health Survey.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Predictors of low birth weight deliveries at a primary health care facility: Suhum Government Hospital, Ghana - a retrospective cross-sectional study.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Social and geographical inequalities in prenatal care coverage in Colombia: a multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA).BMJ global health · 2025Observational
- Socioeconomic inequality and determinants of low birth weight in Kenya: a multilevel analysis using 2022 demographic and health survey.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Malaria and anaemia prevalence and associated factors among pregnant women initiating antenatal care in two regions in Ghana: an analytical cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- The effect of antenatal care on low birth weight and neonatal mortality: protocol for umbrella review of meta-analysis.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Deep learning for causal inference using low birth weight in midwife-led continuity care intervention in north Shoa zone, Ethiopia.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2025Article
- Prevalence of low birth weight and associated factors in Ethiopia: An umbrella review of systematic review and meta-analyses.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Effect of antenatal care on birth outcomes in the Gambia: A propensity score matching analysis.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Burden of low birth weight and short gestation from 1990-2021 and projection to 2050: assessment against 2030 malnutrition reduction targets.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Machine learning based prediction of low birth weight and its associated risk factors: Insights from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2022.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Risk identification, as well as the prevention and management of diseases associated with pregnancy or other conditions that may occur concurrently, is the essential component of ANC. Method: The observational follow-up and cross-sectional studies on the effect of antenatal care on low birth weight in Africa were conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Five computerized bibliographic databases: Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane Library, and Hinari Direct were searched for published studies written in English till May 2022. The risk of bias assessment tools developed by the Joanna Briggs Institute for cross-sectional and observational follow-up research was used, and the caliber of each included study was assessed. Seven papers were included, with a total of 66,690 children participating in the study. Results: Seven studies met the selection criteria. Prenatal care and low birth weight were linked in four of the seven studies included in the review. The pooled odd ratio for low birth weight in the random-effects model was 0.46 (95% CI: 0.39, 0.53). The pooled odds ratio for low birth weight was 0.21 (95% CI: 0.19, 0.22) and 0.21 (95% CI: 0.19, 0.22), respectively, among pregnant women who had no antenatal care follow-up and those who had antenatal care follow up. Conclusion: Women who attended at least one antenatal care appointment were more likely than their counterparts to have a baby of normal weight. Interventions to reduce low birth weight in Africa should focus on providing adequate antenatal care and quality healthcare services to women with low socioeconomic status.
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