Interventions in pregnant women to reduce the incidence of low birth weight

Abstract

The combination of disparate social, economic, and biological factors, many of which can be modified and others controlled with planned care. This study aims to implement interventions in pregnant women to reduce the incidence of low birth weight among pregnant women attending family doctor's offices in Jiguaní, and to modify risk factors for low birth weight. A community-based intervention study was conducted among 53 pregnant women recruited with modifiable risk factors. Summary measures used were absolute numbers, the percentage method, the EPIDAT 3.0 statistical package, and the Wilcoxon test, with a significance level of (p=0.05). It is clear that the high incidence of normal-weight newborns corresponds to the effectiveness of the measures taken, which enabled adherence to prescribed treatments, proper eating habits and respect for bed rest schedules, and protected sexual intercourse, which favored the delivery of newborns of adequate weight by the greatest number of the pregnant women studied. Conclusion: Good birth weights were achieved in the majority of patients studied. Actions taken on modifiable risk factors were effective.