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A study of maternal awareness of acute diarrhoeal disease

Author(s) -

A L P de S Seneviratne

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

sri lanka journal of child health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.153

H-Index - 6

eISSN - 2386-110X

pISSN - 1391-5452

DOI - 10.4038/sljch.v32i3.705

Subject(s) - medical journal , sri lanka , medicine , scopus , transparency (behavior) , publishing , diarrhoeal disease , open access publishing , library science , family medicine , medline , political science , south asia , law , diarrhea , ethnology , computer science , history

Objective To determine maternal awareness regarding acute diarrhoeal disease and use of oral rehydration solution (ORS). Method Study was carried out in a suburban family practice on mothers/carers of children, presenting with acute diarrhoea, using an interview-based questionnaire to collect data. Mother's/Carer's knowledge regarding causes and transmission of diarrhoea, use of ORS and its method of preparation, were assessed. Results Knowledge about causative factors and transmission of acute diarrhoea among mothers/carers was poor. Though aware of ORS, a majority prepared it incorrectly. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2003; 32: 66-8 ( Key words : Maternal awareness, acute diarrhoeal disease, children) Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} doi: 10.4038/sljch.v32i3.705

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