_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: Email: russell.kabir@anglia.ac.uk, russellkabir@live.co.uk; Asian Journal of Research in Nursing and Health 1(1): 1-9, 2018; Article no.AJRNH.45726 Exploring the Factors Associated with Birth Asphyxia among the Newborn Infants at a Rural Hospital in Bangladesh Shabnam Mostari 1 , Md. Razwan Hasan Khan Chowdhury 2 , Mohammad Rocky Khan Chowdhury 3 , Dioneia Motta Monte-Serrat 4 , Masoud Mohammadnezhad 5 and Russell Kabir 6* 1 The Obstetrical and Gynecological Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2 Department of Sociology, First Capital University, Chuadanga, Bangladesh. 3 Department of Public Health, First Capital University, Chuadanga, Bangladesh. 4 Department of Health and Education, Universidade de Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo State, Brazil. 5 School of Public Health & Primary Care, Fiji National University, Fiji. 6 School of Allied Health, Anglia Ruskin University, Essex, UK. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/AJRNH/2018/45726 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Abdel-Hady El-Gilany, Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt. (2) Dr. Carla Maria Ferreira Guerreiro da Silva Mendes, Nurse Director at Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal, Portugal. (3) Dr. Fernanda Jorge Guimaraes, Professor, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro Academico de Vitoria, Rua Alto do Reservatorio, Brasil. Reviewers: (1) Elkenah Ndie Chubike, National Open University of Nigeria, Nigeria. (2) K. Ramesh Kumar, S.V.S.Medical College and Hospital, K.L.N.university of Health Sciences, India. (3) Mario Ganau, University of Toronto, Canada. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle3.com/review-history/45726 Received 25 September 2018 Accepted 04 January 2019 Published 18 January 2019 ABSTRACT Background: Birth asphyxia is a critical problem to address within the context of public health. There are many reasons a baby may not be able to take in enough oxygen before, during, or just after birth. Objective: The objective of this research is to determine the risk factors that are associated with birth asphyxia in the Matlab, Hospital Bangladesh. Methods: This is a case-control study. Cases were selected from the hospital records. A group of Original Research Article