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Knowledge And Practice About Prevention of Diarrheal Diseases Among Mother of Under 5 Children Attending the Combined Military Hospital Dhaka

Author(s) Sabiha Akter Priya
Country Bangladesh
Abstract Diarrhoea is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among the under five children all over the world, especially in developing countries like Bangladesh. This can be prevented by taking preventive measures against diarrhoeal disease. This was a descriptive type of cross sectional conducted among 71 purposively selected Mothers of under 05 children at CMH, Dhaka from July 2020 to December 2020 with the aim to find out the knowledge and practice about prevention of diarrhoeal disease. The data were collected by a semi structured questionnaire through face-to-face interview. The children had a mean age 26.54 months. Among the children most 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Among the mothers 40.8% mothers were graduate or above, 45.1% were leaving in mature house. The mean monthly income of the respondents was Tk 31690.14. Regarding knowledge of diarrhoeal disease 15.5% had no knowledge about type of disease, 39.4% had no knowledge about incubation period, 19.7% had no knowledge about route of transmission, 7.0% had no knowledge about causes of diarrhoeas, 1.4% had no knowledge about personal hygiene, 4.2% had no knowledge about exclusive breast feeding, and 9.9% had no knowledge about weaning. Regarding practice for prevention of diarrhoeal disease 5.6% were no practicing regular mouth care of child, 7.0% were not practicing regular nail care, 5.6% were not practicing nail care of child, 1.4% were not using ORS for child during diarrhoea, 5.6% did not maintain food hygiene, 2.8% were not washing hand before taking food and serving food, 100% were washing hand after defecation, 4.2% were not covering food, 1.4% were not continuing breast feeding during diarrhoea of child, 69.0% were not giving artificial feeding during diarrhoea, 14.1% were not drinking boiled water, 8.5% were not cleaning floor regularly, 36.6% were not cleaning toys regularly. Among the respondents 29.6% were suffering from UTI, followed by 16.9% thyroid problem, 11.3% HTN, 9.9% bronchial asthma, 7.0% DM.

In this study a substantial percentage of mothers of under 05 children had less knowledge and practice about prevention of diarrhoeal disease. Steps should be taking for filling of the gap of knowledge and practices about prevention of diarrheal disease among the under 05 children by their mothers. A study on larger sample size may be under taking for more accurate description of this problem among our population
Keywords Diarrhoea, Under-Five Children, Knowledge, Preventive Practices, Bangladesh
Field Medical / Pharmacy
Published In Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2025
Published On 2025-06-08
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i03.47171
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9pzzb
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