A Study on Diarrheal Diseases in Children Under Five Years of Age

Qadri, Mohammad Hussain; Alghamdi, Mohammad; Musharaf, Abu Yousf; Haq, Mohammad Imdad

doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1992.459

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“…The diarrheal episodes in our study were more common in male children of less educated and young mothers with low family income. Similar findings were generally reported from studies in Saudi Arabia [12,[16][17][18][19][20] and in many other developing countries [3,[21][22][23].…”

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Association of Socio-demographic Attributes with Mothers Knowledge regarding Childhood Diarrhea

Akter¹

2013

Int. J. Child Health Nutr.

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Background: Childhood diarrheal diseases have a major impact on morbidity and mortality and these deaths are due to dehydration and mismanagement or delayed management of the disease. The mothers' knowledge in management of diarrhea is likely related to its mortality and morbidity. The study aimed to determine the association between socio demographic attributes and mother's knowledge on childhood diarrhea. Materials and Methods: In this cross sectional analytic study, 170 mothers who had at least one child aged below five years old were selected purposively from the outpatient department of ICDDR,B, Dhaka. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire by face to face interview. The level of knowledge was categorized as poor, average and good. Univariate and bivariate analysis were done with level of significance P<0.05. Results: The mean age of the respondents was 27 (SD=±5.6) years. Among them 46.5% were educated up to primary level and 47% had average monthly income between 5001 and 10000 taka. In the case of accessibility to mass media, 20% were found who never watch TV, 75.9% participants were found who never listen to radio, and 87.6% were found who never read newspaper. Despite the level of average knowledge was 59.5% but the proportion of the level of good knowledge was 17% among the respondents. Socio-demographic characteristics such as age, education and income (p<0.001) were significantly associated with mothers knowledge. Conclusion: The mothers had inadequate knowledge about diarrhea and their socio-demographic parameters are strongly associated with mother's knowledge regarding diarrhea.

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Association of Socio-demographic Attributes with Mothers Knowledge regarding Childhood Diarrhea

Akter¹

2013

Int. J. Child Health Nutr.

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“…This is equivalent to about six diarrhoeal episodes per child per year. Previous studies in Saudi Arabia reported a diarrhoeal prevalence of 7.5-15% during a two-week period, with 2-3.8 diarrhoeal episodes per child per year 4,5,9 . These studies were conducted in children less than five years of age, the same age group as reported in this study.…”

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Diarrhoea and child feeding practices in Saudi Arabia

Bani

Saeed

Othman

2002

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of diarrhoea in children less than two years old and study the relationship between diarrhoeal episodes and action taken for these episodes by their mothers. Design: The prevalence of diarrhoeal episodes among children and its associations with sociodemographic information and anthropometric measurements of the subjects was examined. Predictive factors for morbidity-associated diarrhoeal disease and actions taken for this were explored. Setting: Primary health care centres (PHCCs) in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Subjects: Children less than two years of age. Results: Nearly a quarter of the children contracted diarrhoea during the two weeks preceding the data collection point, giving about six episodes of diarrhoea per child per year. Diarrhoea was more common in children over 6 months of age, in children who had no vaccination or follow-up cards, and in those who were taken care of by friends and neighbours if their mothers were working outside the home. The mothers of the affected children were young, married before 25 years of age with 2-6 years of formal schooling. During diarrhoeal episodes, about 25% of mothers stopped or decreased breast-feeding, 11.3% reduced the volume of fluids given to their children, and 22.7% of children were fed less solid/semi-solid foods. Mothers used oral rehydration salt in more than 40% of diarrhoeal episodes and unprescribed antibiotics were used in 17% of cases. The mothers who were not taking appropriate action included young mothers with low education level and those working outside the home. Conclusion: Diarrhoea is common in children less than two years old in Riyadh City, and intervention based in PHCCs needs to be undertaken to correct the faulty practices of mothers during diarrhoeal episodes in their children. Health education messages should emphasise feeding during diarrhoeal episodes.

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“…For example, in a study carried out in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, Qadri et al (1992) concluded that diarrhoeal morbidity in children under 5 years of age was significantly associated with the type of water storage container, though Handling Improved storage containers maintain good water quality and lead to reduced disease incidence Minimising handling can be linked to lower disease incidence Hygiene Hand contact with drinking water can be linked to disease transmission Improving hygiene/hand washing behaviour leads to reduced water pollution in the home Environment Improving sanitary quality of the environment leads to better water quality Household's own excreta is implicated in disease incidence…”

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The importance of domestic water quality management in the context of faecal–oral disease transmission

Trevett

Carter

Tyrrel

2005

Journal of Water and Health

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The deterioration of drinking water quality following its collection from a community well or standpipe and during storage in the home has been well documented. However, there is a view that post-supply contamination is of little public health consequence. This paper explores the potential health risk from consuming re-contaminated drinking water. A conceptual framework of principal factors that determine the pathogen load in household drinking water is proposed. Using this framework a series of hypotheses are developed in relation to the risk of disease transmission from re-contaminated drinking water and examined in the light of current literature and detailed field observation in rural Honduran communities. It is shown that considerable evidence of disease transmission from re-contaminated drinking water exists. In particular the type of storage container and hand contact with stored drinking water has been associated with increased incidence of diarrhoeal disease. There is also circumstantial evidence linking such factors as the sanitary conditions in the domestic environment, cultural norms and poverty with the pathogen load of household stored drinking water and hence the risk of disease transmission. In conclusion it is found that re-contaminated drinking water represents a significant health risk especially to infants, and also to those with secondary immunodeficiency.

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A Study on Diarrheal Diseases in Children Under Five Years of Age

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Association of Socio-demographic Attributes with Mothers Knowledge regarding Childhood Diarrhea

Association of Socio-demographic Attributes with Mothers Knowledge regarding Childhood Diarrhea

Diarrhoea and child feeding practices in Saudi Arabia

The importance of domestic water quality management in the context of faecal–oral disease transmission

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