Geographical variation, socioeconomic inequalities of low birth weight, and its relationship with maternal dietary diversity: Insights from the maternal infant and young child nutrition programme in Bangladesh
Intervention strategies for reducing LBW prevalence should target the poorest households. Also, interventions for improving the dietary diversity of adolescent pregnant mothers are expected to reduce the number of LBW babies from the rural areas of Bangladesh.
Authors
- Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9216-1079)
- Md. Tariqujjaman
- Haribondhu Sarma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1553-8498)
- Gobinda Karmakar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1347-5484)
- Arifa Farzana Tanha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7318-5712)
- Md Masud Hasan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4003-2595)
- Mustafa Mahfuz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4090-785X)
- Shams El Arifeen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5372-5932)
- Tahmeed Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4607-7439)
- Mahfuzur Rahman
- Anisuddin Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6030-0468)
Institutions
- Australian National University (AU)
- Uppsala University (SE)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Global Health
- Published
- 2024-10-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.14.04209
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.48