Exploring gestational age, and birth weight assessment in Thatta district, Sindh, Pakistan: Healthcare providers' knowledge, practices, perceived barriers, and the potential of a mobile app for identifying preterm and low birth weight.

Exploring gestational age, and birth weight assessment in Thatta district, Sindh, Pakistan: Healthcare providers' knowledge, practices, perceived barriers, and the potential of a mobile app for identifying preterm and low birth weight.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Reliable methods for identifying prematurity and low birth weight (LBW) are crucial to ending preventable deaths in newborns. This study explored healthcare providers' (HCPs) knowledge, practice, perceived barriers in assessing gestational age and birth weight a...

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Main Authors:	Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Thomas Mårtensson, Sana Roujani, Anam Shahil Feroz, Ayshe Seyfulayeva, Andreas Mårtensson, Nick Brown, Sarah Saleem
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0299395&type=printable

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