CAN MOTHERS CARE FOR ACUTE DIARRHOEAL DISEASE OF THEIR UNDER FIVE CHILDREN EFFECTIVELY AT HOME? A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY IN SLUM COMMUNITY IN BANKURA
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 36
Abstract
Diarrhea is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in under- five children in developing world like India. WHO & Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) diarrheal management guidelines encourage mothers and caretakers to treat diarrhoea at home by giving ORS and oral rehydration therapy (ORT) to reduce the duration, severity, hospitalization, overall medical costs and death. OBJECTIVES: i) to assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of mothers on home care of acute diarrhoeal diseases and ii) To find out the factors affecting it, if any. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Community based cross-sectional study was conducted for three months duration among 76 mothers of slum-dwelling under five children (2-59 months) in Bankura. Information about KAP on management of acute diarrhoeal diseases was obtained by interview of mother using schedule based on WHO & IMNCI diarrheal management guidelines. RESULTS: In this study, majority mothers (64.7%) of children were of BPL category and mean schooling years of mothers was 7.97±4.12. Majority of mothers’ knowledge was average (66.2%) and favourable attitude was (76.5%). While 72.2% mothers performed average practice; only 9.3% of mothers performed good practice. Education, occupation and socio-economic status (SES) were the influencing factors of KAP on home care of diarrhea. Conclusions: A lot of gap was still present in knowledge, attitude and practice of home management of acute diarrheal diseases in an urban slum of Bankura. Health providers are needed to be skilled, motivated to percolate the information to mothers regarding home care of diarrhea.
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Eashin Gazi, Aniket Chowdhury, Rakesh Kumar, Aditya Prasad Sarkar, Subhra Samujjwal Basu, Sanjay Saha
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