Exploring preconception health in adolescents and young adults: Identifying risk factors and interventions to prevent adverse maternal, perinatal, and child health …

ZA Padhani, KA Rahim, GA Tessema, JC Avery… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Preconception health provides an opportunity to examine a woman's health
status and address modifiable risk factors that can impact both a woman's and her child's …

[PDF][PDF] Neonatal mortality and associated factors in newborn infants admitted to a Neonatal Care Unit

JCL Reyes, ROP Ramírez, LL Ramos, LMG Ruiz… - Arch Argent …, 2018 - sap.org.ar
Introduction. The increasing survival rate of preterm infants has altered the epidemiology of
neonatal diseases; however, neonatal mortality is still the main component of child mortality …

“It is challenging… oh, nobody likes it!”: a qualitative study exploring Mozambican adolescents and young adults' experiences with contraception

R Capurchande, G Coene, I Schockaert, M Macia… - BMC women's …, 2016 - Springer
Background By focusing upon formal sex education programmes, the Mozambican
government has significantly enhanced the general health of adolescents and young adults …

Survival status and predictors of mortality among low-birth-weight neonates admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Felege Hiwot Comprehensive Specialized …

TA Woelile, GT Kibret, HM Workie… - … Health, Medicine and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Low birth weight neonates are subjected to different comorbidities due to
anatomical and physiological immaturity. Globally, 60–80% of neonatal mortality was due to …

Comparing the use and content of antenatal care in adolescent and older first-time mothers in 13 countries of west Africa: a cross-sectional analysis of Demographic …

OO Owolabi, KLM Wong, ML Dennis… - The Lancet Child & …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Summary Background West Africa has the highest proportion of married adolescents, and
the highest adolescent childbirth rate and maternal death rate in sub-Saharan Africa …

[HTML][HTML] Mortalidad neonatal y factores asociados en recién nacidos internados en una Unidad de Cuidados Neonatales

JC Lona Reyes, RO Pérez Ramírez… - Archivos argentinos …, 2018 - SciELO Argentina
Resumen LONA REYES, Juan C et al. Mortalidad neonatal y factores asociados en recién
nacidos internados en una Unidad de Cuidados Neonatales. Arch. argent. pediatr.[online] …

Neonatal mortality rates, characteristics, and risk factors for neonatal deaths in Ghana: analyses of data from two health and demographic surveillance systems

S Dare, AR Oduro, S Owusu-Agyei, DF Mackay… - Global health …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Reducing neonatal mortality rates (NMR) in developing countries is a key
global health goal, but weak registration systems in the region stifle public health efforts …

Cesarean delivery and associated socioeconomic factors and neonatal survival outcome in Kenya and Tanzania: analysis of national survey data

M Ochieng Arunda, A Agardh, BO Asamoah - Global Health Action, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The increasing trends in cesarean delivery are globally acknowledged.
However, in many low-resource countries, socioeconomic disparities have created a pattern …

Autonomy and infant feeding decision-making among teenage mothers in a rural and urban setting in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

NA Jama, A Wilford, L Haskins, A Coutsoudis… - BMC Pregnancy and …, 2018 - Springer
Background The nutritional status of infants born to teenage mothers can be sub-optimal
compared to those born to older mothers. One contributing factor is inappropriate feeding …

Early adolescent childbearing in Colombia: time-trends and consequences

MC Jaramillo-Mejía, D Chernichovsky - Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
Teenage childbearing has been increasing, especially among girls aged 10 to 14 years,
slowing the improvements in public health and propelling social marginalization. The …