Article
Relationship of Couple Mother-Newborn in Burkina Faso: Underweight at Birth Risk Factors Case
Acta Scientific NUTRITIONAL HEALTH
(2023)
Abstract
According to the summary statistics, the average weight at the first prenatal consultation, the average height, age and MUAC of the mothers were 56.3 ± 7.7 kg, 162 ± 5.7 cm, 26.2 ± 6.2 years, 253 ± 18.6 mm respectively. With respect to newborns, the average birth weight was 2.9 kg. The average head circumference was 32.6 cm and of these newborns, 20% suffered from microcephaly and 11.1% suffered from underweight at birth. The underweight at birth affected more females (14.2%) than males (8.0%) with a significant difference of P = 0.001. Teenagers’ mothers, whose weight were 40 Kg and were 1.5 metres in height were more at risk to have underweight babies at birth.
Keywords
- Underweight at Birth,
- Malnutrition,
- Pregnancy,
- Newborns,
- Burkina Faso
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring November 11, 2023
DOI
10.31080/ASNH.2023.07.1319
Citation Information
Ousmane OUÉDRAOGO, Ella Wendinpuikondo Raketa COMPAORÉ, Francis Bruno ZOTOR and Mamoudou H. DICKO. "Relationship of Couple Mother-Newborn in Burkina Faso: Underweight at Birth Risk Factors Case" Acta Scientific NUTRITIONAL HEALTH Vol. 7 (2023) p. 1 - 30-37 ISSN: 25821423 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dicko/179/
Creative Commons license
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC_BY-SA International License.