Effect of life skills building education and micronutrient supplements provided from preconception versus the standard of care on low birth weight births among adolescent and young Pakistani women (15–24 years): a prospective, population-based cluster-randomized trial

Background Risk factors known to impact maternal and newborn nutrition and health can exist from adolescence. If an undernourished adolescent girl becomes pregnant, her own health and pregnancy are at an increased risk for adverse outcomes. Offering preconception care from adolescence could provide...

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Published in:	Reproductive health Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 104 - 13
Main Authors:	Baxter, Jo-Anna B., Wasan, Yaqub, Soofi, Sajid B., Suhag, Zamir, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 31.05.2018 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Adolescence Adolescent Adult Analysis Anemia Anthropometry Birth weight Births Child development Clinical trials Dietary Supplements Education Empowerment Evidence-based medicine Female Food and nutrition Global health Health aspects Health Education Humans Infant, Low Birth Weight Intervention Life skills Life Style Low income groups Malnutrition Maternal and Child Health Medicine Medicine & Public Health Micronutrients Micronutrients - administration & dosage Mother-infant relations Nutrition Pakistan - epidemiology Patient education Preconception Preconception Care - methods Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications - epidemiology Pregnancy Complications - therapy Pregnancy Outcome Pregnant women Prospective Studies Public Health Reproductive health Reproductive Medicine Rural Population Standard of care Standard of Care - statistics & numerical data Study Protocol Teenage pregnancy Teenagers Vitamin B Well being Womens health Young Adult Young adults Pakistan Pregnancy Adolescence Micronutrients Nutrition Education Young adult Low birth weight Preconception Empowerment
ISSN:	1742-4755, 1742-4755
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