Management of childhood diarrhoea at the household level: a population-based survey in north-east Brazil.
Bull World Health Organ
; 69(1): 59-65, 1991.
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The management of childhood diarrhoea at the household level was studied in a population-based survey in four states in north-east Brazil. Of a representative sample of 6524 children under 5 years of age, 982 (15.1%) had diarrhoea on the day of the interview or had had diarrhoea at some time during the previous 15 days. A total of 66% of the children were not taken for treatment, while government health services were used by 14%, private doctors by 1%, and traditional healers (rezadeiras) by 24%. Oral rehydration therapy was given to 24.3% of the children as follows: solutions of oral rehydration salts (ORS) were received by 6.8%, salt-and-sugar solutions by 14.7%, and solutions of commercial ORS brands by 4.3%. Although 95% of the caretakers knew about rehydration solutions, only 18% prepared them correctly, the most common error being the use of insufficient water. Of the rehydration solutions used, 39% had a sodium concentration that was potentially dangerous (greater than 120 mmol/l), and 8% had a sodium concentration that was very low. Of those solutions prepared using ORS, 38% had too high a sodium concentration, while 14% of the salt-and-sugar solutions prepared using either the "scoop-and-pinch" approach or a plastic spoon were too concentrated. However, potentially the most dangerous were the salt-and-sugar solutions prepared using nonstandard recipes. More than half of these had an unacceptably high sodium concentration or osmolarity.
Palavras-chave
Age Factors; Americas; Brazil; Breast Feeding; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diarrhea; Diarrhea, Infantile; Diseases; Examinations And Diagnoses; Family And Household; Health; Households; Infant Nutrition; Laboratory Examinations And Diagnoses; Latin America; Nutrition; Oral Rehydration; Population; Population Characteristics; Research Methodology; Sampling Studies; South America; Studies; Treatment
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Diarreia Infantil
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Hidratação
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Assistência Domiciliar
Tipo de estudo:
Screening_studies
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Bull World Health Organ
Ano de publicação:
1991
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
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