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41. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Tropenpädiatrie und Internationale Kindergesundheit

Gesellschaft für Tropenpädiatrie und Internationale Kindergesundheit e. V.

12.05. - 14.05.2023, Bonn

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LIFE – Low Birthweight Infant Feeding Exploration Study

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  • presenting/speaker Krysten North - Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA

Gesellschaft für Tropenpädiatrie & Internationale Kindergesundheit. 41. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Tropenpädiatrie und Internationale Kindergesundheit. Bonn, 12.-14.05.2023. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2023. Doc23gtpL24

doi: 10.3205/23gtp11, urn:nbn:de:0183-23gtp116

Published: May 10, 2023

© 2023 North.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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Low birthweight infants (birthweight <2,500 g) are a vulnerable subgroup that bear a disproportionate burden of infant morbidity and death in LMICs. The Low Birthweight Infant Feeding Exploration or “LIFE” study was a mixed-methods study related to feeding, growth, and neurodevelopment of low-birthweight infants in India, Malawi, and Tanzania. Study components included: (1) qualitative exploration of beliefs and practices for feeding small babies, (2) intensive in-facility monitoring of feeding practices, (3) a longitudinal cohort of almost 1,200 infants who were followed serially up to 24 months of age. Infants were evaluated based on birthweight type using size-for-gestational age and preterm status.