A comparative analysis of prenatal care and fetal growth in eight South American countries.

ABSTRACT: There has been little work that comprehensively compared the relationship between prenatal care and infant health across multiple countries using similar data sources and analytical models. Such comparative analyses are useful for understanding the background of differences in infant health between populations. We evaluated the association between prenatal care visits and fetal growth measured by birth weight (BW) in grams or low birth weight (<2500 grams; LBW) adjusted for gestational age in eight South American countries using similarly collected data across countries and the same analytical models. OLS and logistic regressions were estimated adjusting for a large set of relevant infant, maternal, and household characteristics and birth year and hospital fixed effects. Birth data were ac

SUBMITTER: Woodhouse C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3953331 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature