@article{amsalu_2017, 
  title={PREVALENCE  AND FACTORS  ASSOCIATED  WITH  LOW  BIRTH  WEIGHT IN ARBAMINCH GENERAL HOSPITAL, GAMO GOFA ZONE,  SNNPR, ETHIOPIA}, 
  DOI={10.20372/nadre:1554185502.32}, 
  abstractNote={Low birth weight is defined as birth weight less than 2500g. More than 20 million infants 
are born worldwide each year weighing less than 2500 g and according to Ethiopian Demographic and 
Health Survey,it accounts for 11%. Birth weight plays an important role in infant mortality and morbidity, 
development,  and  future  health  of  the  child.  Weight  at  birth  is  directly  influenced  by  general  level  of 
health status of the mother. Magnitude of low birth weight in Ethiopia remained higher despite different 
efforts to reduce it and this might have resulted from the fact that factors identified to be associated with 
low birth weight in some studies arenot modifiable, rendering difficulty of designing strategy to address 
it. This study was aimed at assessing factors associated with low birth weight so that earlier prevention is 
possible.
Objectives: The objective of the study was to assess the prevalence and factors associated with low birth 
weight in Arbaminch general hospital in 2009 E.C. 
Methods and materials: A facility based cross-sectional study design was used from August to 
December, 2017 G.C.A total of 379 mothers who delivered in Arbaminch general hospital in 2009 E.C 
wereincluded in the study using systematic random sampling technique. Semi-structured and pretested 
checklist was used to collect the data from the mother's folder. Data entry was performed using Epinfo7 
and analyzedby SPSS version 21. Bivariate and multivariate statistical methods were utilized.
Result:  The  overall  prevalence  of  low  birth  weight  in  the  study  is  8.2%  with mean  birth  weight of 
3258.42 ± 658.52 g.Out of 379 mothers, 52.8% delivered male and 50.9% of the mothers from the study
were from urban area. In the LBW group, female neonates were higher (64.5%) and majority (71.0%) of 
the mothers were rural residents. The mean mothers' age was 24.8 ± 4.5 years with a range of 16 to 
41.The following factors were shown to have significant association with LBW: Being preterm (AOR = 
4.4; (95 % CI = 0.0 [...]}, 
  publisher={National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia}, 
  author={AMSALU}, 
  year={2017}, 
  month={Jan}
  }