Are preschool Kosovar children anxious on the edge? Validating the Preschool Anxiety Scale by Samire BLLACA BALAJ, Merita SHALA, Mimoza SHAHINI, Pranvera JETISHI ÇOLLAKU

“…Through correlation, t-test, ANOVA and MANOVA we investigated age, gender, parents living place and birth order effects on the PAS Results: Factor analysis validated the original five-factor model after removing two items, suggesting a shorter 26-item version for Kosovar preschoolers. …”
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Rural-Urban Determinants of Receiving Skilled Birth Attendants among Women in Bangladesh: Evidence from National Survey 2017-18 by Sohani Afroja, Abu Saleh Muhammad Nasim, Md. Salauddin Khan, Mohammad Alamgir Kabir

“…Husband’s education, women’s working status, wealth index, children’s birth order, and number of ANC visit are significant factors in receiving SBSs in both urban and rural areas. …”
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Examining the mental health of siblings of children with a mental disorder: A scoping review protocol. by John E Krzeczkowski, Terrance J Wade, Brendan F Andrade, Dillon Browne, Busra Yalcinoz-Ucan, Negin A Riazi, Elizabeth Yates, Andrea Tagalakis, Karen A Patte

“…Further, we aim to examine the role of sex, gender, birth order, age of each child, and familial factors (e.g., parent mental illness, family structure), in sibling mental health. …”
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Cesarean delivery in Nigeria: prevalence and associated factors―a population-based cross-sectional study by Asa Auta, Emmanuel O Adewuyi, Vishnu Khanal, Samson J Tapshak, Yun Zhao

“…Greater odds of CS were equally associated with maternal obesity (AOR: 3.16, 95% CI 2.30 to 4.32), Christianity (AOR: 2.06, 95% CI 1.58 to 2.68), birth order of one (AOR: 3.86, 95% CI 2.66 to 5.56), husband’s secondary/higher education level (AOR: 2.07, 95% CI 1.29 to 3.33), health insurance coverage (AOR: 2.01, 95% CI 1.37 to 2.95) and ≥4 antenatal visits (AOR: 2.84, 95% CI 1.56 to 5.17).Conclusions The prevalence of CS was low, indicating unmet needs in the use of caesarean delivery in Nigeria. …”
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Late initiation of antenatal care visit amid implementation of new antenatal care model in Sub-Saharan African countries: A multilevel analysis of multination population survey dat... by Kusse Urmale Mare, Gashaye Gobena Andargie, Abdulkerim Hassen Moloro, Ahmed Adem Mohammed, Osman Ahmed Mohammed, Beriso Furo Wengoro, Begetayinoral Kussia Lahole, Tesfahun Simon Hadaro, Simeon Meskele Leyto, Petros Orkaido Mamo, Abdulhakim Hora Hedato, Beminate Lemma Seifu, Temesgen Gebeyehu Wondmeneh, Oumer Abdulkadir Ebrahim, Kebede Gemeda Sabo

“…Women's age and education, working status, partner's education, health insurance coverage, birth order, household wealth, age at marriage, decision on health care, residence, and community-level women's illiteracy were the factors associated with late antenatal care visit.…”
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Decomposing social groups differential in stunting among children under five in India using nationally representative sample data by Mriganka Dolui, Sanjit Sarkar

“…The household’s wealth index is found to be a leading factor, which contributed nearly 41.3% of total stunting inequality exists between these two groups, followed by mothers’ education (12.86%) and mothers’ BMI (11.02%), sanitation facilities (4.26%), children’s birth order (3.32%) and mother’s type of delivery (1.49%). …”
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Individual- and Community-Level Risk Factors Associated with Childhood Diarrhea in Ethiopia: A Multilevel Analysis of 2016 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey by Setegn Muche Fenta, Teshager Zerihun Nigussie

“…From the individual-level factors, children aged 36–59 months (AOR=3.166; 95% CI: 2.569, 3.900), twin child (AOR=1.871; 95% CI: 1.390, 2.527), birth order 5 and above (AOR=2.210, 95% CI: 1.721, 2.839), not received any vaccination (AOR=1.197; 95% CI: 1.190, 1.527), smaller size of child at birth (AOR=1.303; 95% CI: 1.130, 1.504), and never breastfed children (AOR=2.91; 95% CI: 2.380, 3.567) associated with the higher incidence of childhood diarrhea. …”
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Factors Associated with Stunting in Children Under Five Years of Age: A Case of Buhara Sub County, Kabale District. by Namanya, Oliver

“…The child gender, child’s care taker and child’s birth order were equally linked with stunting with (p- Value = 0.023 < 0.05, p- value = 0.003 < 0.05 and, p- value = 0.002 < 0.05) respectively. …”
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Under-five mortality and its associated factors in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis of recent demographic and health surveys data based on Bayesian approach by Atalay Liknaw Birhanie, Zemenu Tadesse Tessema, Bekalu Endalew, Koku Sisay Tamirat

“…Multiple birth (AOR = 5.27; 95%CrI: 4.72, 5.87), number of under-five children 3 to 5 (AOR = 3.31; 95%CrI: 3.01, 3.60), caesarean section delivery (AOR = 1.64; 95%CrI: 1.47, 1.83), being unmarried (AOR = 1.16; 95%CrI 1.08, 1.26), using unimproved toilet (AOR = 1.08;95%CrI: 1.02, 1.16), birth order of 4th to 6th (AOR = 1.18; 95%CrI:1.1, 1.25),were risk factors of under-five mortality. …”
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Stress and Coping of Parents with Children Seeking Treatment from a Tertiary Care Mental Health Institute by Stuti Sharma Lohar, Arunjyoti Baruah, Sandeep Kollipara

“…The significant association was found between planful problem-solving coping strategy and educational level of participants (x2 = 8.046, P = 0.005), birth order of the child seeking treatment (x2 = 4.557, Fisher’s exact test = 0.043). …”
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Exploring under-five child malnutrition in Bangladesh: Analysis using the Extended Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (ECIEF) by Farzana Akhter Bornee, Mohammad Rocky Khan Chowdhury, Badrun Naher Siddique, Baki Billah, Farjana Akter, Md Nazmul Karim

“…Mothers with no formal education (Adjusted odds ratio (AOR): 1.51, 95% CI: 1.08, 2.10), underweight mother (AOR: 1.54, 95% CI: 1.03, 1.83), poorest socio-economic status (AOR: 2.14, 95% CI: 1.64, 2.81), children age 24-35 months of age (AOR: 2.37, 95% CI: 1.97, 2.85), and fourth and above birth order children (AOR: 1.41, 95% CI: 1.16, 1.72) were identified key factors associated with childhood malnutrition while adjusting community and household level variations. …”
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Under-Five Mortality and Associated Risk Factors in Rural Settings of Ethiopia: Evidences from 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey by Shewayiref Geremew Gebremichael, Setegn Muche Fenta

“…Secondary school and above completed fathers (AOR = 0.77; 95% CI: 0.63–0.94) and primary school completed mothers (AOR = 0.82; 95% CI: 0.72–0.93); multiple twin child (AOR = 4.50; 95% CI: 3.38–5.98); public sector delivery (AOR = 0.65; 95% CI: 0.55–0.76); had working of mother (AOR = 1.28; 95% CI: 1.16–1.42) and of father (AOR = 1.45; 95% CI: 1.25–1.69); mothers aged above 16 at first birth (AOR = 0.41; 95% CI: 0.37–0.45); breastfeeding (AOR = 0.60; 95% CI: 0.55–0.66); birth order of 2-3 (AOR = 1.18; 95% CI: 1.02–1.37); religious belief of Muslim (AOR = 1.20; 95% CI: 1.02–1.41); users of contraceptive method (AOR = 0.80; 95% CI: 0.71–0.90); vaccinated child (AOR = 0.52; 95% CI: 0.46–0.60); family size of 4–6 (AOR = 0.74; 95% CI: 0.63–0.86) and of seven and above (AOR = 0.44; 95% CI: 0.36–0.52); mother’s age group: aged 20–29 (AOR = 3.88; 95% CI: 3.08–4.90), aged 30–39 (AOR = 16.29; 95% CI: 12.66–20.96), and aged 40 and above (AOR = 55.97; 95% CI: 42.27–74.13); number of antenatal visits: 1–3 visits (AOR = 0.50; 95% CI: 0.43–0.58), and four and above visits (AOR = 0.46; 95% CI: 0.39–0.54); and preceding birth interval of 25–36 months (AOR = 0.55; 95% CI: 0.48–0.62) and above 36 months (AOR = 0.30; 95% CI: 0.26–0.34) are significant determinant factors of under-five mortality in rural settings. …”
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An analytical cross-sectional study on optimal (timely or cumulative age-appropriate) routine childhood immunization coverage in the communities of Ebonyi state, Nigeria by Ugwu I. Omale, Cordis O. Ikegwuonu, Glory E. Nkwo, Chimaobi C. Iwegbulam, Louisa C. Ekwuazi, Chidinma I. Amuzie, Richard L. Ewah

“…Other predictors were having a mother who completed secondary or higher education, delivery at a health facility, decrease in the age of the husband of the mother, decrease in the birth order of the child, and urban/semi-urban residence. …”
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Life history, reproductive, and demographic parameters for bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Sarasota Bay, Florida by Randall S. Wells, Aleta A. Hohn, Michael D. Scott, Jay C. Sweeney, Forrest I. Townsend, Jason B. Allen, Aaron A. Barleycorn, Katherine A. McHugh, Kim Bassos-Hull, Gretchen N. Lovewell, Deborah A. Duffield, Cynthia R. Smith, A. Blair Irvine

“…The average calving interval was 3.5 years, albeit with effects due to mother’s age, birth order, and calf survival. Seasonal reproduction was evident, with 81% of births occurring during May-July. …”
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