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Relationship Between Uptake of Antenatal Care Services and Low Birth Weight in the Gushegu District of Northern Ghana
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Objective: Little is known about the relative contribution of prenatal care utilization on pregnancy outcome in developing country setting where other equally important predictors of low birth weight (LBW) including malarial infection and poor diet predominate. This study investigated whether the utilization of antenatal care (ANC) services is an independent predictor of LBW in Northern Ghana. Methods: In this community based cross sectional study, we compared pregnancy outcome (birth weight) across groups of 407 women who received different amounts of ANC. Results: The incidence of low birth weight (LBW) of newborn babies was 18.2 % (74/407). The main finding was that women who made at least four ANC visits had 63.0 % protection against delivering a LBW (AOR = 0.37, 95 % CI: 0.19, 0.69). Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that adequate antenatal care is effective in preventing LBW in a rural setting but its effect was more discernible among women who were not in gainful employment (suggestive of low socio-economic status).
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“In low-income countries and fragile and conflict areas, pregnant women’s formal education [6, 11–15] and their partner’s education [13, 14, 16] significantly predicted adequate utilization of ANC.”
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“Interestingly, one study found that being over the age of 30 was a risk factor for late ANC initiation [6].”
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“Additionally, the quality of available ANC has been shown to predict its utilization [6, 22].”
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Under-attending free antenatal care is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes
Raatikainen, K., Heiskanen, N., & Heinonen, S. (2007) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-268 · Cited by 326
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- Authors
- Saaka, M., & Rauf, A. A.
- Affiliations
- University for Development Studies (GH)
- ORCID
- Saaka, Mahama
- Venue
- International Journal of Child Health and Nutrition
- Publisher
- Lifescience Global
- Published
- 2013-08-31
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 237-249
- ISSN
- 1929-4247 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2060194128
- Cited by
- 3
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 0.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- zenodo.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- International Journal of Child Health and Nutrition (publishedVersion)
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- International Journal of Child Health and Nutrition
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Global Maternal and Child Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Public Health and Nutrition
- Keywords
- antenatal care utilization, low birth weight, antenatal care visits, pregnancy outcomes, rural pregnancy, socioeconomic status, employment status
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