Preterm Birth: A Concerning Global Issue

Abstract

This article reviewing literature to focus the problem- “Increase preterm child birth” analysis through problem tree, which is the participatory tool of mapping out main problems, along with their causes and effects. Child born preterm has a greater effect on their life than infants born at term in respect of mortality and a variety of health and developmental problems. However, those children born nearer to term represent the greatest number of infants born preterm and also experience more complications than infants born at term. The enormous effects of preterm birth include acute unstable health, central nervous system, hearing, and vision problems, as well as longer -term motor, cognitive, visual, hearing, behavioral, social-emotional, health, and growth problems. The birth of a preterm infant can also bring considerable emotional and economic costs to families and have implications for socioeconomic sector. The impact of preterm child birth is the raising number of mort ality and economic burden to the family as well as to the society. Preterm birth is a complex cluster of problems with a set of overlapping factors of influence. Its causes may include maternal health related problems, individual-level behavioral and psychosocial factors, environmental exposures, medical conditions. Many of these factors occurring combination, particularly in those who are socioeconomically and educationally disadvantaged