Predicting the effect of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine uptake by pregnant women on birth weight using a generalized ordered partial proportional odds model

Low birth weight is a public health problem in Africa with the cause attributable to malaria in pregnancy. World Health Organization recommends the use of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine to prevent malaria during pregnancy. The objective of this s...

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Published in:BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2022-03, Vol.22 (1), p.223-223, Article 223
Main Authors: Guure, Chris, Afagbedzi, Seth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Antimalarials - administration & dosage
Birth Weight
Demography
Drug Combinations
Female
Fetal Macrosomia
Ghana - epidemiology
Humans
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Low birth weight
Macrosomia
Malaria - prevention & control
Models, Statistical
Normal birth weight
Predictive probability
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic - prevention & control
Pregnant women
Pyrimethamine - administration & dosage
Sulfadoxine - administration & dosage
Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine
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Summary:Low birth weight is a public health problem in Africa with the cause attributable to malaria in pregnancy. World Health Organization recommends the use of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine to prevent malaria during pregnancy. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and trajectories of birth weight and the direct impact and relationship between sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and birth weight in Ghana since 2003. This study used secondary data obtained from the Demographic and Health Survey conducted in Ghana since 2003. Low birth weight was defined as weight 
ISSN:1471-2393
1471-2393
DOI:10.1186/s12884-022-04565-7