Open AccessDeterminants of acute respiratory infections among under five children in a rural area of Tamil Nadu, India
Author(s) -
A K Savitha,
S Gopalakrishnan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_131_18
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , respiratory tract infections , cross sectional study , respiratory infection , pediatrics , systematic sampling , chi square test , environmental health , demography , respiratory system , statistics , mathematics , pathology , sociology
Acute respiratory infection (ARI) is an infection of the respiratory tract. It may interfere with normal breathing of the individual and is communicable in nature. There are several modifiable risk factors that predispose younger age group of children to ARI. The aim of this study is to evaluate the risk factors that contribute to occurrence of ARI among the under 5 children.