Feeding practices of mothers during childhood diarrhoea in a rural area of Nigeria

Jinadu, M.K.; Odebiyi, O. O.; Fayewonyom, B. A.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-3156.1996.tb00096.x

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“…Caregivers did display awareness that fluid replacement is the key measure to control adverse consequences of diarrhea (i.e., dehydration). The tendency to withhold food or introduce new items is common in Africa 28. Unfortunately, zinc, proven to be effective in diarrhea management,29 has not yet been widely promoted in The Gambia.…”

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Health Care Utilization and Attitudes Survey: Understanding Diarrheal Disease in Rural Gambia

Saha¹,

Akinsola²,

Sharples³

et al. 2013

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Diarrheal disease causes ∼1.34 million deaths per year among children under 5 years of age globally. We conducted a Health Care Utilization and Attitudes Survey of 1,012 primary caregivers of children aged 0–11, 12–23, and 24–59 months randomly selected from a Demographic Surveillance population in rural Gambia. Point prevalence of diarrhea was 7.7% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 6.1–9.8); 23.3% had diarrhea within the previous 2 weeks. Caregivers of 81.5% of children with diarrhea sought healthcare outside their home, but only 48.4% of them visited a health center. Only 17.0% (95% CI = 12.1–23.2) of children with diarrhea received oral rehydration solution (ORS) at home. Abbreviated surveys conducted on six occasions over the subsequent 2 years showed no change in prevalence or treatment-seeking behavior. Diarrhea remains a significant problem in rural young Gambian children. Encouraging care-seeking behavior at health centers and promoting ORS use can reduce mortality and morbidity in this population.

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confidence: 99%

Health Care Utilization and Attitudes Survey: Understanding Diarrheal Disease in Rural Gambia

Saha¹,

Akinsola²,

Sharples³

et al. 2013

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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“…The mothers' perception observed in this study is consistent with the findings of studies carried out in different rural communities which reported a reflection of the aetiology of illness and of the therapeutic properties of local foodstuffs in the diet fed to infants by their mothers during common childhood illnesses. Rice, sugar, sweet foods and groundnut preparations perceived as causes of diarrhoea were withdrawn [18,19]. The implications of the restriction of these energy-rich staple foods on the nutritional outcome of the child cannot be overemphasized especially during convalescence.…”

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“…Another study carried out in Egypt found a higher incidence of recurrent diarrhoeal diseases and a significant longer duration of diarrhoea in infants fed with food only on mothers' request than in infants fed with food regardless of the mothers' request [17]. Also, in a study carried out in a rural area of Nigeria, it was observed that majority of the mothers would reduce fluid intake for most common types of diarrhoea [18]. This study, therefore, described the belief and knowledge of nursing mothers with respect to food restriction during acute diarrhoea.…”

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Knowledge and belief of nursing mothers on nutritional management of acute diarrhoea in infants, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Ogunbiyi¹,

Io²

2010

African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development

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Malnutrition continues to be a major public health problem in Nigeria, and this contributes substantially to childhood mortality. Culturally related food restriction and reduction in feeding frequency during common childhood illnesses such as diarrhoeal diseases further contributes to the burden of malnutrition and thus to childhood morbidity and mortality. This study was designed to determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices of nursing mothers with respect to food restriction during acute diarrhoea in Ibadan, South West Nigeria. This single round cross-sectional study adopted a purposive sampling procedure to select 250 nursing mothers aged between 17 and 45 years from the sick-baby and immunization clinics of two health facilities in Ibadan, between November 2003 and February 2004. Information on nutritional management of acute diarrhoea was collected with a structured intervieweradministered questionnaire and two focus group discussions exploring food withdrawal practices during acute diarrhoea. Data analysis was done using SPSS 11.0. Descriptive and inferential statistics were generated to test for associations. About half (46.8%) of the respondents had secondary education. Only 6.0% had knowledge of nutritional management of diarrhoea while 54.8% had knowledge of oral rehydration therapy. Seventy-one percent of respondents reported food withdrawal during acute diarrhoea in infants, 44% also reported reduction in breastfeeding frequency during acute diarrhoea and more than two-thirds of these (71.2%) cited cultural reasons for withholding breastfeeding. Mothers' educational level had no significant effect on their knowledge of nutritional management of acute diarrhoea in infants (p =0.610). Mothers' knowledge of nutritional management of acute diarrhoea had a significant effect on their attitude (p = 0.03) but not on their practice (p = 0.257). Relatives and health care providers were the sources of advice on food restriction/withdrawal during acute diarrhoea. Appropriate nutritional management during acute illness is important, and this has been found to be deficient among caregivers in the family setting. Targeting appropriate health and nutrition education to caregivers particularly mother would reduce morbidity and mortality commonly associated with childhood diarrhoea.

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“…A study conducted in Indonesia also reported that mothers with higher educational status were less likely to have their children have diarrhoea in the past one month prior to the study (Rohmawati, 2010). A study carried out in the South-Western Nigeria, found out that for the most common types of diarrhoea, most mothers would reduce the intake of fluid or stop breast-feeding (Jinaddu et al, 1994). In this study, however, many care-givers did not reduce or stop breastfeeding during episodes though there was a reduction in the intake of other foods.…”

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Caregivers knowledge, home treatment of diarrhoea disease and predictors of child diarrhoea disease in a semi urban community of Sokoto, North-west, Nigeria

Raji¹,

Abdullahi²,

Raji³

et al. 2017

J. Public Health Epidemiol.

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Childhood illness (IMCI) guideline. Caregivers need to have some knowledge of diarrhoea disease as well as know what is expected of them when their children start to have episodes of diarrhoea disease. This study aimed to assess caregivers' knowledge, home treatment of diarrhoea disease and predictors of child diarrhoea disease in a semi urban community of Sokoto, North-west, Nigeria. This was a community based cross-sectional study, 238 study participants with children less than or equal to 5 years were recruited into the study using Systematic sampling technique. Data was obtained using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Data obtained was entered into and analysed using IBM SPSS version 22. Results were presented in form of tables. All statistical tests were carried out using 2 tailed tests with alpha set at 0.05. Most (90%) of the caregivers had good knowledge of diarrhoea disease. More than half of them (60.5%) gave their children drugs meant to stop diarrhoea and few of them give traditional medication to children with diarrhoea disease (23.3%). Caregivers knowledge of diarrhoea disease was significantly associated with her marital status, hers and her husband's educational status, occupational status of husband. Mother's marital status (being married) was the main predictor of child having diarrhoea disease. In conclusion majority of the caregivers had good knowledge of diarrhoea disease; some of them reported in-appropriate practices. Marital status (being single) was the main predictor of having diarrhoea disease among the children. Continuous education of mothers by health workers at every opportunity mothers come in contact with health care providers would go a long way in reducing in-appropriate practices as well as diarrhoea episodes among children.

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Feeding practices of mothers during childhood diarrhoea in a rural area of Nigeria

Cited by 8 publications

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Health Care Utilization and Attitudes Survey: Understanding Diarrheal Disease in Rural Gambia

Health Care Utilization and Attitudes Survey: Understanding Diarrheal Disease in Rural Gambia

Knowledge and belief of nursing mothers on nutritional management of acute diarrhoea in infants, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Caregivers knowledge, home treatment of diarrhoea disease and predictors of child diarrhoea disease in a semi urban community of Sokoto, North-west, Nigeria

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