| Management of Diarrhea in Under-fives at Home and Health Facilities in Kashmir. | |
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PMID: 21475533 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Diarrheal disease forms one of the two major killer diseases in children under five years of age in the developing world. There are inherent cultural practices for management of diarrhea at the domestic level. Also, the treatment practices at health centers vary, with inappropriate use of antibiotics, and iv fluids observed commonly, while ORS is less frequently used. METHODOLOGY: Cross sectional study was carried out using pretested interview schedule between January and December 2006, in villages of Kashmir Valley. RESULTS: The ORS use rate is low (24.4% and 8.4%) respectively in past and current episode. Cultural practices include harmful ones like starving to overcome the episode. The rate of Antibiotic use is higher with 77.9%. CONCLUSION: Kashmir valley faces the same problems in effective diarrhea management as in other developing regions of India and the world, viz. less ORS use, high antibiotic use and harmful cultural practices like giving bowel rest. |
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Fayaz Ahmed; Aesha Farheen; Imtiyaz Ali; M Thakur; A Muzaffar; M Samina |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: International journal of health sciences Volume: 3 ISSN: 1658-3639 ISO Abbreviation: Int J Health Sci (Qassim) Publication Date: 2009 Jul |
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Created Date: 2011-04-08 Completed Date: 2011-07-14 Revised Date: 2011-07-28 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101528042 Medline TA: Int J Health Sci (Qassim) Country: Saudi Arabia |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 171-5 Citation Subset: - |
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Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences. |
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