The results of the current study at four central hospitals in Vientiane provided valuable
information on the significant risk factors associated with delivering a LBW infant based on an
analysis of the most recently available individual data. The findings presented in this study will
provide further scientific evidence that healthcare workers and public health professionals will
be able to use for instituting intervention programs to decrease the incidence of LBW births in
these hospitals as well as in the health services offered in Vientiane and other provinces. By
identifying the significant risk factors associated with LBW, appropriate intervention programs
and communication tools can be designed by policy makers targeting women at risk, and thus
reducing the percentage of LBW infants born in Lao PDR.