Do the mothers in rural Aligarh know about home based management of acute diarrhoea?

Biology and Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2 SPECIALISSUE, 2011, Pages 76-80

  Shah, M S ^a   Ahmad, A ^a   Khalique, N ^a   Khan, I M ^a   Ansari, M A ^a   Khan, Z ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Home based management; Oral Rehydration Salt; Under five mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885873107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Bentley ME, 1988. The household management of childhood diarrhoea in rural north India. Social Science and Medicine, 27(1): 75-85.
2. Bhattacharya SK, 2003. Progress in the prevention and control of diarrhoeal diseases since independence. National Medical Journal of India, 16: 15-9.
3. Enzley S, Barros F, 1997. A global review of diarrhoeal disease control. UNICEF staff working papers: evaluation, policy and planning series 1997; EVL-97-002: UNICEF, New York, USA.
4. Hall J, 2002. Control of diarrhoeal disease, MIPH readings. University of Sydney, Australia.
5. Mishra CP, Kumar S, Tiwari IC, 1990. A study on some diarrhoea related practices in urban Mirzapur. Indian Journal of Public Health, 34(1): 6-10.
6. Murray CJ, Laako T, Shibuya K, Hill K, Lopez AD, 2007. Can we achieve Millenium Development Goal 4? New analysis of country trends and forecasts of under-five mortality to 2015. Lancet, 370: 1040-54.
7. Nalin DR, Cash RA, Islam R, Molla M, Phillips RA, 1968. Oral maintenance therapy for cholera in adults. Lancet, 2: 370-3.
8. National Family Health Survey (1998-99), 2000. International Institute of Population Sciences. 216.
9. Othero DM, Orago ASS, Groenewegen T, Kaseje DO, Otengah PA, 2008. Home based management of diarrhoea among under fives in a rural community in Kenya: Household perceptions and practices. East African Journal of Public Health, 5(3).
10. Rehan HS, Gautam K, Gurung K, 2003. Mothers need to know more regarding management of childhood acute diarrhoea. Indian Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine, 34(1, 2): 40-45.
11. Supulveda AJ, Willet W, Munoz A, 1988. Malnutrition and diarrhoea. A longitudinal study among urban children. American Journal of Epidemiology, 127(2): 365.
12. Victora CG, Bryce J, Fontaine O, Monasch R, 2000. Reducing deaths from diarrhoea through oral rehydration therapy. Bulletin of World Health Organization, 78: 1246-55.
13. World Health Organization, 1989. The treatment and prevention of acute diarrhoea. Practical Guidelines. Second Edition: Geneva, WHO.