Diarrhea Preventative Behaviours Among the Caregivers of Children Under Five Years of Age on the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia

Merali, Hasan S.; Morgan, Mieko; Boonshuyar, Chaweewon

doi:10.1542/peds.137.supplement_3.364a

Pediatrics

2016

DOI: 10.1542/peds.137.supplement_3.364a

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Diarrhea Preventative Behaviours Among the Caregivers of Children Under Five Years of Age on the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia

Hasan S. Merali¹,

Mieko Morgan²,

Chaweewon Boonshuyar³

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“… Disclosure Preliminary results from this study were previously presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition in 2015. 24 The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work. …”

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Diarrheal knowledge and preventative behaviors among the caregivers of children under 5 years of age on the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia

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Morgan²,

Boonshuyar³

2018

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PurposeAlthough Cambodia has made significant progress toward lowering the under-five mortality rate since 2000, diarrhea still accounts for 6% of the total number of these deaths. A vast majority of these deaths is preventable. In this study, we sought to examine diarrheal knowledge and preventative behaviors of caregivers of children under the age of 5 years, to determine caregiver factors associated with knowledge and behavior scores.Patients and methodsThis was a cross-sectional household-level study conducted in two floating villages on the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia between January and February 2014. Caregivers of children under 5 years of age in the villages of Steung Trov and Moat Khla were asked 31 true or false questions to assess their knowledge of diarrhea. They also filled out a questionnaire to assess diarrhea preventative behaviors (DPBs). Comparison of mean scores to categorical caregiver variables was performed using one-way ANOVA analysis. Spearman’s rank correlation was applied to identify the relationship between the knowledge and preventative behavior scores and independent quantitative variables.ResultsA total of 101 caregivers of 161 children under 5 years of age were interviewed. The majority of them (85.1%) was classified as having good knowledge and scored >80% on the assessment. Those with Khmer ethnicity (mean=28.10) scored significantly higher than those with Vietnamese ethnicity (mean 26.00; p=0.004). Older age was correlated with higher knowledge scores (ρ=0.2260; p=0.023) and DPB scores (ρ=0.2320; p=0.019). Significant differences were found between the DPB score and ethnicity, educational background, and wealth (p<0.01).ConclusionAlthough the majority of caregivers had high diarrheal knowledge scores, preventative behaviors for diarrhea as assessed by this study were poor among almost all study participants. Vietnamese, wealthier, older, and more educated participants had better prevention scores. Future interventions in this remote region may benefit from these data as a guide to determine which specific preventative behaviors should be targeted.

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Diarrheal knowledge and preventative behaviors among the caregivers of children under 5 years of age on the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia

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Morgan²,

Boonshuyar³

2018

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