Socioeconomic factors and low birth weight in Mexico

Low birth weight (LBW) is a public health problem linked to lack of equity in populations. Despite efforts to decrease the proportion of newborns with LBW, success has been quite limited. In recent years, studies focused on explaining how social factors influence this problem have shown that populat...

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Published in:BMC public health 2005-03, Vol.5 (1), p.20-20, Article 20
Main Authors: Torres-Arreola, Laura P, Constantino-Casas, Patricia, Flores-Hernández, Sergio, Villa-Barragán, Juan Pablo, Rendón-Macías, Enrique
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Case-Control Studies
Female
Hospitals, Maternity
Humans
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Maternal Welfare - economics
Mexico - epidemiology
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital
Odds Ratio
Ownership - economics
Ownership - statistics & numerical data
Risk Factors
Smoking - adverse effects
Social Class
Urban Health
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Summary:Low birth weight (LBW) is a public health problem linked to lack of equity in populations. Despite efforts to decrease the proportion of newborns with LBW, success has been quite limited. In recent years, studies focused on explaining how social factors influence this problem have shown that populations with greater inequities have a greater proportion of newborns with LBW. The objective was to describe socioeconomic factors related to LBW adjusted by demographic, reproductive and health services variables in Mexico City. A case-control study was carried out in three hospitals with gynaecological and obstetrics services in Mexico City during the first half of 1996. During the recruiting period all children with LBW (cases), defined as newborns weighing
ISSN:1471-2458
1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/1471-2458-5-20