A study on some diarrhoea related practices in urban Mirzapur.
In an operational research on the improvement of sanitation and water supply by an Indo-Dutch project at Mirzapur, UP, diarrhoeal morbidity was taken as an intermediate outcome variable for measuring the impact of the proposed intervention. In this study 350-410 under-five children were selected from 200 urban families of 3 slums and surveyed during 3 different seasons for 2 weekly recall of morbidity, treatment and feeding practices during diarrhoea. The prevalence of diarrhoea varied between 8.7% to 33%. Breast feeding was not restricted while other forms of feeding was continued in 57.1% to 66.3% of cases. Use of ORT increased significantly from 0% to 39.62% possibly as a result of health education. Reorientation of private practitioners to avoid use of unnecessary drug is suggested.
Mishra
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Dept. of PSM, Institute of Medical Science, Varanasi.
Kumar
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Tiwari
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Prasad
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D004435:Eating; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015995:Prevalence; D012621:Seasons; D014505:Urban Population; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014881:Water Supply / Q000592:standards