Mediation role of low birth weight on the factors associated with newborn mortality and the moderation role of institutional delivery in the association of low birth weight with newborn mortality in a resource-poor setting.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess low birth weight's (LBW) mediation role on the factors associated with newborn mortality (NM), including stillbirth and the role of institutional delivery in the association between LBW and NM.

Design and participants

I used the 2011-2015 event histories health demographic data collected by Iganga-Mayuge Health Demographic and Surveillance Site (HDSS). The dataset consisted of 10 758 registered women whose birth occurred at least 22 weeks of the gestation period and records of newborns' living status 28 days after delivery.

Setting

The Iganga-Mayuge HDSS is in Eastern Uganda, which routinely collects health and demographic data from a registered population of at least 100 000 people.

Outcome measure

The study's key outcomes or endogenous fa

SUBMITTER: Kananura RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8149436 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature