Datos sobre el peso al nacer en países en desarrollo

Son Útiles Las Encuestas

Bibliographic Data

ID14965349
AuthorsJ Ties Boerma (corresponding author), K I Weinstein, Kerry Weinstein (Cambridge Systematics (United States)), Shea O Rutstein, Alf Sommerfelt (Macronix International (Taiwan)), A E Sommerfelt
Year1998
Volume3
Issue2
Pages88-95
Publication date1998-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s1020-49891998000200004
PMID9542445
OpenAlexW2139936578
SciELOS1020-49891998000200004
LanguageES
References cited3

The main source of data on birth weight in developing countries is statistics from health facilities, although most developing countries do not produce annual estimates of the incidence of low birth weight from these data. Such estimates would be subject to selection bias as the data are usually limited to babies born within health facilities, and therefore are representative of a subgroup that is markedly different from the overall population of neonates. Since 1990 the Demographic and Health Surveys programme has included questions on recalled birth weight and relative size at birth in 15 national surveys. In this article, we show that these cross-sectional surveys can provide a useful data source for making national estimates of mean birth weight and the incidence of low birth weight. The extent of misclassification of birth weight is, however, too large to use the data on relative size as birth as an indicator of low birth weight at the individual level

Biology · Birth weight · Data source · Geography · Incidence (geometry · Low birth weight · Population · Pregnancy · Sociology · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare · Mathematics · Medicine

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