scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practice of fever and febrile illness among parents of under five children

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 2103
Author(s):  
Achinta K.R. Mallick ◽  
Shalu S. Kumar ◽  
Janki Bangari ◽  
Himani Suyal
Keyword(s):  
Febrile Illness ◽  
Parental Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Under Five Children ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Peripheral Hospital ◽  
Fever Management ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Fever in children is the commonest cause for outpatient and inpatient admissions in the health care setup. Though most fever episodes are benign with self-limiting course, it is often a reason for anxiety and concerning for parents. The aim of the study was to assess the parental knowledge, attitude and practice regarding fever in children under five years of age.Methods: A cross-sectional question based survey, conducted in the pediatric department of a peripheral hospital in Pune, Maharashtra from parents of under five children, presenting for any consultation from July 2018 to December 2018.Results: There were 636 respondents who completed the study. 38.1% were males. Mean age of responders was 26.85 years (SD 5.12 Range 18 to 37 years). Most of the population were educated lot. 55.5% responders defined fever correctly. There was a huge gap in the parent’s knowledge attitude and practice in fever and it’s management. Lack of information and fear of any untoward incident occurring due to fever were the reason for parental anxiety, frequent medication & combination antipyretic use, and pressure on part of health professionals to increase antibiotic prescriptions.Conclusions: Lack of parental knowledge of fever and fever management in younger children is of concern in the community in spite of improvement in the educational level of parents. There is a utmost need to spread awareness in the community about the benign and the self-limiting nature of most febrile illnesses.

scholarly journals Use of oral rehydration solution by mothers of under-five children in a rural area of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu: a KAP study

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
pp. 4326
Author(s):  
Muthulakshmi M. ◽  
Gopalakrishnan S.
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Oral Rehydration ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Under Five Children ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Diarrhoea is defined as the passage of loose, liquid or watery stools more than three times a day. Globally, diarrhoeal disease is the second leading cause of death in children under five years of age. Timely management of the children with ORS has substantially declined the morbidity and mortality from acute infectious diarrhoea. This study was planned with an objective to find out the knowledge, attitude and practice about the use of ORS among mothers of under five children.Methods: This is a cross sectional descriptive study carried out in the rural field practice area attached to a medical college in Kancheepuram district. Using simple random sampling method, the study group of 450 mothers of under-five children were identified. The data was collected using a pretested structured questionnaire containing 10 questions for assessing the knowledge and 8 for attitude and practice each. The answers were scored accordingly. Data was analysed using SPSS 17 software. Knowledge, attitude and practice were calculated using percentages.Results: It is observed that 72% had adequate knowledge, 92% had positive attitude and 94% had good practice regarding the use of ORS among mothers of under-five children.Conclusions: In this study, most of the mothers had adequate knowledge, attitude and practice about the use of ORS. However, knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers towards use of ORS for the treatment of diarrhoea need a little more improvement. This improvement can be achieved through effective health education strategies

scholarly journals Parental knowledge, attitude and practice on malaria in Mandailing Natal district

2007 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Syafruddin Haris ◽  
Sri Sofyani ◽  
Bidasari Lubis ◽  
Munar Lubis ◽  
Syahril Pasaribu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Centre ◽  
Parental Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background Malaria is still considered to be an important healthproblem in Indonesia. Malaria has been found in islands withdifferent degree of endemicity. Behavior of the community isone of the factors affecting the incidence of malaria in MandailingNatal district.Objective To know the parental knowledge, attitude, and practiceamong parents whose children suffered from malaria or not.Methods A cross sectional study was conducted in six primaryschools and one health centre in October 2004. Subjects wereparents whose children were malaria positive and malaria negativebased on laboratory examination. Sample size was 85 parents foreach group. Selected respondents were interviewed usingstructured questionnaire. Degree of knowledge, attitude, andpractice on malaria were established using scoring system withinthree categories: good, less, and poor. Data were collected andpresented using chi-square and P<0.05 was considered as a levelof significant.Results The mean age of 85 parents whose children were positivemalaria, was 38.47 years (SD 6.67) and the mean age of thosewhose children were negative malaria was 40.41 years (SD 8.05).Parent’s education level was 62.9% primary school and 90% oftheir children were school-aged. There were significant differenceson parental knowledge, attitude and practice in each group(P<0.05). There was also a significant correlation betweenoccupation and knowledge, but not between parental educationlevel and parental age. Parental knowledge and attitude on theincidence of malaria in Mandailing Natal district were good,though their practice were poor.Conclusion There are significant differences on parentalknowledge, attitude and practice, between parents whose childrenwere positive and negative for malaria.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Using ORS and Household Management of Childhood Diarrhoea

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-101
Author(s):  
Naresh Chandra Acharya ◽  
Dillip Kumar Dash ◽  
Mamata Devi Mohanty ◽  
Priyanka Agarwal ◽  
Pratik Dey
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Acute Diarrhoea ◽  
Childhood Mortality ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Treatment Modalities ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Under Five Children ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Introduction: Diarrhoea is defined as the passage of three or more loose stools per day. Diarrhoea is one of the leading causes of childhood mortality in India. The objectives of the study were to assess household Knowledge, Attitude and Practice for prevention of Diarrhoea in children through preformed questionnaires. Material and Methods: Four hundred and sixty eight under five children were selected for study by Cluster sampling method. Background information, details of acute diarrhoea and treatment modalities were obtained from mother of the under five children. This was a hospital based study conducted at a tertiary care hospital, from 1st May 2017 to 30th December 2017. Results: About 70% of the moms were between the age assemble 25-32 years and the vast majority of them were housewives (72%). A greater part (>66%) of the moms were having essential/auxiliary education. Learning with respect to different parts of the diarrhoea and ORS surprisingly extremely unacceptable. In the present examination it is seen that learning in regards to ORS in looseness of the bowels is more in educated mother than uneducated. Three sitting of Educational mediations realized huge enhancement of the middle scores of learning, state of mind and practice expanded from 9, 6, 3 to 19, 14, 8, individually, Conclusion: The household knowledge regarding method of use and preparation of ORS for management of diarrhoea was observed to be lacking in this investigation. More estimates should be taken to enhance this learning and make moms mindful about the planning and utilization of ORS.  

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Care Givers with Children Under Five Years of Age about Vaccination in Sunsari District, Nepal

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 702-706
Author(s):  
Parth Guragain ◽  
Hem Sagar Rimal ◽  
Tara Kumari Kafle
Keyword(s):  
Female Gender ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Direct Care ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Introduction: Immunization has shown major preventive aspects of infectious diseases, disability and death. Care giver is a person who provides direct care for children, elder people and chronically ill. Objectives: To assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of caregivers in Sunsari district about vaccination of under five children brought for vaccination at different private and government vaccination centers. Methodology: It is a cross sectional study that was carried out among 100 care givers from different places of Sunsari district for 3 months. The care givers completed a semi structured questionnaire that contains 4 different parts about the demographics, knowledge, attitude and practice of care givers toward immunization. Results: Most of the care givers have high level of awareness and importance of vaccination, which shows positive attitude and practice. The overall KAP was good among most of the caregivers (87.2%). The higher KAP level was positive associated with female gender, higher educational degree and having higher number of children. Conclusion: Most of caregivers from three different places of Sunsari districts had good KAP (in sense that most of the caregivers have awareness for quality and basic health standard) towards immunization which was associated with female gender and higher educational degrees. However, educational programs like community awareness and mobilizing Female Community Health Volunteers for providing appropriate knowledge of vaccination which increases the caregivers' knowledge, which might have change cognitive behavior. This study reflects the overall knowledge of caregivers towards immunization process which is very essential in childhood for prospective healthy future of the child.

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