Abstract

Birth weight is a major public health concern, especially in developing countries, and we kept ‎‎searching for factors that affect birth weight in general. This study is aimed at investigating the ‎association of ‎socioeconomic and pathological factors with birth weight, this study had to be done ‎because birth weight is ‎one of the main factors related to child mortality and morbidity. The main ‎objective of the paper is to ‎determine the most important socioeconomic and pathological variables ‎associated with birth weight.‎‏ ‏In this ‎study, we investigate the association between birth weight and ‎gestational age. The main purpose is to see if ‎there is a direct effect of gestational age on the birth ‎weight of the child. The data collected for this study was ‎collected by means of a questionnaire ‎addressed to mothers with children admitted to the pediatric hospital in ‎Wad Medani, Gezira State, ‎Sudan (2018–2020). About 800 children between 0 and 5 years old were randomly ‎selected, and the ‎data were analyzed statistically using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). A ‎statistical ‎test based on binary logistic regression was conducted to determine the association between ‎‎dependent variables and explanatory variables, The study recommends that policymakers and ‎program ‎managers in the child health sector start a new policy concerned with the general health of ‎the mother and ‎child, study the impact of economic and pathogenic factors on the health of the ‎mother and fetus, and ‎support social and economic services for households to avoid the deteriorating ‎situation of their health and ‎the nutrition they need, especially in this period of pregnancy.‎

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