Abstract
Diarrheal diseases are a collection of diseases caused by multiple viral, bacterial, and parasitic organisms that share common symptoms, and it’s defined as the passage of three or more loose or liquid stool per day. This Descriptive community based cross sectional study was conducted in Shendi Town during the year2015To study Knowledge and Attitude towards diarrheal disease in children under five years. A system of simple random sampling allocation was followed to select the sample for coverage of diarrhea disease in Shendi town. The data was collected through instructed questionnaire according to SNAP standard Questionnaire which contains 20 closed ended questions with simple language that was been easily to understood by the respondents . The collected data was analyzed by entering it into computer and analyzed using both Microsoft Excel and Statistical Package for Social Sciences Program (spss). The results then presented in tables and figures, and then subjected to additional statistical analyses T test to find associations and statistical significance by finding P value. The most important conclusions revealed from the study is, Most of mothers (55%) seek medical treatment when their children got diarrhea. The most important recommendations emerged from this study, Government and Shendi local authorities must educate mothers on diarrheal disease prevention and rehydration, Sufficient programs and facilities should be made available for family planning, Give oriented task health education to health workers.
Highlights
Diarrhea: is a familiar phenomenon with unusually frequent or unusually liquid bowel movements, excessive watery evacuations of fecal material, the opposite of constipation
The study demonstrated that an education level of shendi population varied from illiteracy to postgraduate with significant number of primary school educated mother this situation in addition to other factors such as having more than two under five children in more families contribute to adopting bad attitudes and worse habits and practices towards diarrheal disease
The study showed that most mother took their children to hospital when causes diarrheal disease in staid of taking traditional treatment material, reveals the higher leavens on medical services only (18%) of them gives their children O.R.s
Summary
Diarrhea: is a familiar phenomenon with unusually frequent or unusually liquid bowel movements, excessive watery evacuations of fecal material, the opposite of constipation. Diarrhea means an increased frequency or decreased consistency of bowel movements (www.Thefreedictionary.com, 2012). Diarrhea an increase in the fluidity, volume and frequency of stool relative the usual habits of each individual (Concise of American laboratory book, 2011). Problem Statement: The diarrhea is a very serious disease that causes many cases of diarrhea disease special in children less than 5years and mortality in Shendi town. It is the second most common cause of death in young children, after pneumonia. In Shendi town the number of cases of diarrhea in children under five year was 12966 (48%) in last year. This magnitude problem of diarrhea towards children under 5years old was the reason that guided me to select this topic to study the knowledge attitude and practice towards the mothers about the diarrhea disease in their children
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