Viral and Atypical Bacterial Etiology of Acute Respiratory Infections in Children under 5 Years Old Living in a Rural Tropical Area of Madagascar

Air pollution is an increasingly common environmental problem, affecting the health of people in the world's major cities, with the most vulnerable being pregnant women, the elderly and children in economically deprived and excluded sectors. The city of Lima, Peru shows an accelerated increase of industrialization, commercialization, a great flow and vehicular congestion, generating high levels of nitrogen dioxide concentration. In order to obtain the concentrations, the passive method was used during a weekly exposure time. The registered cases of acute respiratory infections were obtained from the Centro Materno Infantil "Los Sureños". Of the results obtained normal, for nitrogen dioxide gave a value of 0.293 and a value of 0.514 for acute respiratory infections. The Pearson correlation value is 0.862 for the concentration of nitrogen dioxide and cases of acute respiratory infections in children under 5 years of age. In conclusion, it was possible to determine whether there is a strong correlation between nitrogen dioxide concentration and acute respiratory infections.

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Studi Kasus Ibu Melakukan Kunjungan Ulang Pada Balita Pneumonia Di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Landasan Ulin Kalimantan Selatan

Jurnal Kesehatan Indonesia ◽

10.33657/jurkessia.v9i3.178 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 145

Author(s):

Eka Handayani ◽

Septi Anggraeni

Keyword(s):

One Health ◽

Respiratory Infections ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Acute Respiratory Infections ◽

Children Under Five ◽

Under Five ◽

The World ◽

Repeat Visits ◽

Repeated Visit ◽

Children Under 5

Acute respiratory infections affect many children, both in developing countries and in developed countries. acute respiratory infections that affect death and often affect children under 5 years of age, namely pneumonia. Pneumonia is the main killer of toddlers in the world with a higher prevalence compared to AIDS, malaria and measles. Every year, it is estimated that more than 2 million children under five die from Pneumonia (1 toddler / 20 seconds) from 9 million total deaths of children under five in the world. In Indonesia, pneumonia is still a big problem considering the mortality rate from this disease is still high.. Knowing the mother's case studies do repeat visits in infants pneumonia in health center Landasan Ulin. A qualitative study through interviews and documentation to one health worker. Not all mothers bring their babies repeated visit only 30% of mothers who commit repeated visit of all children under five suffering from pneumonia. Mother toddler who do repeat visits by 35% means that more mothers who do not do repeat visits by 65% this is because there are several reasons mothers do not bring toddlers pneumonia to re-visit them her son had recovered and did not cough again, there also reasoned mothers are busy.

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Viral etiology of acute respiratory infections among children under 5 years of age in Bulgaria, during the 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 seasons

10.15547/tjs.2015.s.02.012 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 13 (Suppl.2) ◽

pp. 55-60

Author(s):

I. Georgieva ◽

S. Angelova ◽

N. Korsun

Keyword(s):

Respiratory Infections ◽

Acute Respiratory Infections ◽

Viral Etiology ◽

Children Under 5

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THE CURRENT SITUATION OF MOTHERS’ KNOWLEDGE OF CARING FOR CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS OLD WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AT THAI BINH CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN 2020

Tạp chí Y học Cộng đồng ◽

10.52163/jcm.v62i1.21 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 62 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Thị Hảo Tăng ◽

Thị Hải Tăng

Keyword(s):

Health Workers ◽

Respiratory Infections ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Morbidity And Mortality ◽

Average Score ◽

Control Group ◽

High Morbidity ◽

Acute Respiratory Infections ◽

Current State ◽

Children Under 5

Acute respiratory infections currently have high morbidity and mortality rates, are the leading cause of the burden of disease and the 3rd leading cause of death in children under 5 years old. The care, management and prevention of acute respiratory infections not only depend on health workers, but also on mother’s knowledge. Mothers have good knowledge about diseases, care plays an important role in disease prevention, early detection and timely delivery of children to health facilities, helping to reduce the infant morbidity and mortality rate. From that fact, the study was conducted to describe the current state of knowledge of mothers with children under 5 years old infected with acute respiratory infections in Thai Binh Hospital for Children in 2020. The research results show that the mother’s general knowledge about diseases, care and prevention of ARI is still limited with the average score of knowledge of the intervention group is 22.0 ± 7.0 and the control group is 22, 5 ± 6.5 (maximum of 44 points). Average points of knowledge about disease, care and prevention, respectively: 12.0 ± 4.3; 4.9 ± 2.1; 5.1 ± 1.8 in the intervention group and 12.4 ± 4.2, 5.0 ± 1.8, 5.0 ± 1.9 in the control group. The proportion of mothers with knowledge of both groups was low: 20.0% in the intervention group and 21.7% in the control group. Therefore, it is very necessary to strengthen health education for mothers of health workers, especially nursing staff.

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Assessing factors that lead to use of appropriate technology handwashing stations in Mali, West Africa

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development ◽

10.2166/washdev.2015.135 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 279-288 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Colleen C. Naughton ◽

Haoua Traoré Sissoko ◽

James R. Mihelcic

Keyword(s):

West Africa ◽

Diarrheal Disease ◽

Respiratory Infections ◽

Water Source ◽

Appropriate Technology ◽

Acute Respiratory Infections ◽

Educational Training ◽

Mixed Methods Approach ◽

White Ash ◽

Children Under 5

Proper hand hygiene is an effective and efficient method to prevent diarrheal disease and acute respiratory infections, and their resulting deaths, particularly for children under 5 years old. Despite this evidence, handwashing rates remain seriously low in the developing world. This study presents results of a mixed methods approach and comprehensive monitoring strategy of five use variables (use of soap, handwashing station functionality, presence of cleansing agent including soap or white ash, ground wetness, and amount of water in the jug) over 2 years for 42–64 appropriate technology handwashing stations located in two communities in Mali, West Africa. Six factors were studied as potentially critical for lasting use of handwashing stations (gender, educational training, water proximity, seasonality, wealth, and station adoption). Statistically significant (p < 0.05) results include: (1) a 29% decrease in use of soap between dry (October–June) and rainy seasons (July–September); (2) 35% decrease in stations with cleansing agent (e.g., soap or white ash) present over 1 year; (3) greater station use in wealthy households; (4) a 27% reduction in cleansing agent present for stations further from a water source during the rainy season; and (5) greater use of stations built by women in one community.

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