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  • Demography

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  • Accurate low birthweight (LBW) estimation is crucial for the Global Nutrition Target of reducing LBW by 30% by 2025.
  • Low- and middle-income countries often rely on household surveys for birthweight data, which are prone to missing values and heaping.
  • Existing adjustment methods for survey data can introduce residual bias.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the MINORMIX (multiple imputation followed by normal mixture) adjustment approach for LBW estimation.
  • To compare MINORMIX performance against traditional methods and a gold standard in rural Nepal.
  • To assess the effectiveness of multiple imputation and curve fitting in LBW data adjustment.

Main Methods:

  • A community-randomized trial in rural Nepal collected gold-standard measured birthweights.
  • Maternally reported birthweights were collected via standard survey methods 1-24 months postpartum.
  • LBW estimates were compared using MINORMIX, Blanc-Wardlaw adjustment, and no adjustment against the gold standard.

Main Results:

  • The gold standard identified 27.7% of newborns as LBW.
  • Unadjusted maternal reports yielded a 14.5% LBW estimate.
  • The MINORMIX approach produced an estimate of 26.4% LBW, closely aligning with the gold standard.

Conclusions:

  • The MINORMIX method provides a more accurate LBW estimate than previous adjustment methods in a rural Nepal dataset.
  • This validated approach supports the use of MINORMIX for tracking the LBW Global Nutrition Target.
  • Accurate LBW estimation is essential for monitoring global health initiatives.