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Risk factors for low birth weight for teenage mothers in Tshwane District
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/63035 Risk factors for low birth weight for teenage mothers in Tshwane District Harris, Bernice Nerine tlumbani@gmail.com Dzikiti, Loveness Nyaradzo Tshotetsi, Lumbani UCTD Low birth weight Teenage pregnancy Teenage mothers Adolescent pregnancy Health sciences theses SDG-01 Health sciences theses SDG-03 Health sciences theses SDG-10 Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2017. Introduction: The magnitude of low birth weight was estimated to be 13% globally in 2013 by UNICEF. Some studies have alluded that adolescence is associated with low birth weight. This study was done to assess whether teenage mothers had the same risk factors for low birth weight as the adult mothers in Tshwane District. Method: A case control study of retrospective data was done comparing low birth weight babies of teenage mothers and low birth weight babies of adult mothers for January to December of 2014. Normal birth weight babies were selected as controls from the same age groups with 1:1 ratio. A total sample size of 1 073 was reached and data analysis using STATA 14® was done to identify risk factors. Results: Out of a total sample of 1 073, about 77 % were adult mothers and 23% teenage mothers. Our study confirms that mothers are at an increased risk for low birth weight when they deliver prematurely OR 6.81, 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.41 to 13.60 and p value <0.001. Women who attend 4 or less antenatal visits had increased odds (OR 1.39, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.86 and p value 0.028) of delivering a low birth weight baby than mothers who attended 5 or more times. When mothers were grouped by age, teenage mothers were more likely to deliver a low birth weight baby when they delivered prematurely (AOR 5.81, 95 % CI 2.27 to 14.07; p value <0.001) while for adult mothers, delivering prematurely (AOR 6.58, 95% CI 3.38 to 12.82; p value <0.001) and attending antenatal care less than 4 times (AOR 1.33, 95 % CI 1.02 to 1.72; p value 0.032) were risk factors. We further found that delivering preterm low birth weight babies was associated with young maternal age (AOR 0.47; 95% CI 0.31 to 0.71; p value <0.001) and attending less than 4 antenatal visits (AOR 1.92, 95% CI 1.06 to 3.47; p value 0.030). Conclusion: This study is the first to stratify risk factors for low birth weight for teenage mothers in Tshwane District. Teenage mothers are less likely to deliver low birth weight babies though they have a higher risk if they deliver prematurely. em2026 School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH) MSc Unrestricted SDG-01: No poverty SDG-03: Good health and well-being SDG-10: Reduced inequalities 2017-11-07T07:37:22Z 2017-11-07T07:37:22Z 2017 2017 Dissertation Tshotetsi, L 2017, Risk factors for low birth weight for teenage mothers in Tshwane District, MSc Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63035> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63035 en © 2017 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Low birth weight Teenage pregnancy Teenage mothers Adolescent pregnancy Health sciences theses SDG-01 Health sciences theses SDG-03 Health sciences theses SDG-10 Risk factors for low birth weight for teenage mothers in Tshwane District |
| title | Risk factors for low birth weight for teenage mothers in Tshwane District |
| title_full | Risk factors for low birth weight for teenage mothers in Tshwane District |
| title_fullStr | Risk factors for low birth weight for teenage mothers in Tshwane District |
| title_full_unstemmed | Risk factors for low birth weight for teenage mothers in Tshwane District |
| title_short | Risk factors for low birth weight for teenage mothers in Tshwane District |
| title_sort | risk factors for low birth weight for teenage mothers in tshwane district |
| topic | UCTD Low birth weight Teenage pregnancy Teenage mothers Adolescent pregnancy Health sciences theses SDG-01 Health sciences theses SDG-03 Health sciences theses SDG-10 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63035 |