Advanced search
Publication Cover
The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine Volume 30, 2017 - Issue 16
Submit an article Journal homepage
219
Views
18
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

Low birthweight in China: evidence from 441 health facilities between 2012 and 2014

Wen TangNational Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China,
,
Yi MuNational Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China,
,
Xiaohong LiNational Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ;Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, Sichuan, China,
,
Yanping WangNational Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China,
,
Zheng LiuNational Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China,
,
Qi LiNational Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China,
,
Mingrong LiNational Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China,
,
Robert ScherpbierHealth and Nutrition & Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, UNICEF China, Beijing, China, and
,
Sufang GuoHealth Section, UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia, Kathmandu, Nepal
,
Xiaona HuangHealth and Nutrition & Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, UNICEF China, Beijing, China, and
,
Leni KangNational Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China,
,
Jun ZhuNational Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ;Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Correspondence[email protected] [email protected]
&
Juan LiangNational Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Correspondence[email protected] [email protected]
 show all
Pages 1997-2002 | Received 30 May 2016, Accepted 09 Sep 2016, Published online: 16 Oct 2016

References

  • Brämer GR. International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems. Tenth revision. World Health Statistics Quarterly Rapport Trimestriel De Statistiques Sanitaires Mondiales 1988;41:32–6
  • Högberg U. The World Health Report 2005: “make every mother and child count” – including Africans. Scand J Public Health 2005;33:409–11
  • Kramer MS. Determinants of low birth weight: methodological assessment and meta-analysis. Bull World Health Organ 1987;65:663–737
  • United Nations Children s Fund and World Health Organization. Low Birthweight: country, regional and global estimates. New York: UNICEF; 2004
  • Statistics Canada. Low birth weight (less than 2,500 grams) and borderline viable birth weight-adjusted low birth weight (500 to less than 2,500 grams), by sex, Canada, provinces and territories Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2012
  • Employment and Social Development Canada. Indicators of Well-being in Canada-Health – Low Birth Weight; 2016. Available from: http://well-being.esdc.gc.ca/misme-iowb/[email protected]?iid=4 [last accessed 1 Feb 2016]
  • Lin LM, Liu YL, Zhang XL, et al. Sampling survey on low-birth weight in China in 1998. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2002;36:149–53
  • Yu DM, Zhan LY, Liu AD, et al. Incidence of low birth weight of nenates and the influence factors in China. Chin J Prevent Med 2007;41:150–4
  • Hu JW. The incidence rate and risk factors of low birth weight in some areas of China. Suzhou University; 2011
  • Chen Y, Li GH, Ruan Y, et al. An epidemiological survey on low birth weight infants in China and analysis of outcomes of full-term low birth weight infants. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2013;13:242
  • Zhu J, Liang J, Mu Y, et al. Sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics of stillbirths in China: a census of nearly 4 million health facility births between 2012 and 2014. Lancet Glob Health 2016;4:e109–18
  • Ministry of Health, China. National maternal near miss surveillance working manual. 2012
  • World Health Organization. Low birth weight: a tabulation of available information. New York: World Health Organization, Geneva, and UNICEF; 1992
  • Mendes CQ, Cacella BC, Mandetta MA, et al. Low birth weight in a municipality in the southeast region of Brazil. Rev Bras Enferm 2015;68:1169–75
  • Villar J, Cheikh Ismail L, Victora CG, et al. International standards for newborn weight, length, and head circumference by gestational age and sex: the Newborn Cross-Sectional Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project. Lancet (London, England) 2014;384:857–68
  • Blanc AK, Wardlaw T. Monitoring low birth weight: an evaluation of international estimates and an updated estimation procedure. Bull World Health Organ 2005;83:178–85
  • Feng X, Guo S, Hipgrave D, et al. China's facility-based birth strategy and neonatal mortality: a population-based epidemiological study. Lancet (London, England) 2011;378:1493–500
  • National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China. China Health and Family Planning Yearbook, 2014
  • Goldenberg RL, Culhane JF. Low birth weight in the United States. Am J Clin Nutr 2007;85:584S–90
  • Cunningham F, Kenneth L, Steven B, et al. Williams obstetrics. 23rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Education; 2010
  • Xu B, Rantakallio P. Low birth weight in China and Finland. Scand J Soc Med 1998;26:10–17
  • Conley D, Bennett NG. Outcomes in young adulthood for very-low-birth-weight infants. N Engl J Med 2002;347:141–3
  • World Health Organization. Feeding of very-low-birth-weight infants; 2015. Available from: http://www.who.int/elena/titles/feeding_vlbw_infants/en/ [last accessed 3 Nov 2015]

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.