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Community-Based Participatory Research and Drug Utilization Research to Improve Childhood Diarrhea Case Management in Ujjain, India: A Cross-Sectional Survey

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  • Aditya Mathur

    (Department of Pediatrics, R. D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain 456006, India)

  • Devendra Baghel

    (Department of Pediatrics, R. D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain 456006, India)

  • Jitendra Jaat

    (Department of Pediatrics, R. D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain 456006, India)

  • Vishal Diwan

    (Global Health—Health Systems and Policy, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
    Department of Public Health & Environment, R. D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain 456006, India)

  • Ashish Pathak

    (Department of Pediatrics, R. D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain 456006, India
    Global Health—Health Systems and Policy, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
    Department of Women and Children’s Health, International Maternal and Child Health Unit, Uppsala University, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden)

Abstract

Childhood diarrhea continues to be a major cause of under-five (U-5) mortality globally and in India. In this study, 1571 U-5 children residing in nine rural villages and four urban slums in Ujjain, India were included with the objective to use community participation and drug utilization research to improve diarrheal case management. The mean age was 2.08 years, with 297 (19%), children living in high diarrheal index households. Most mothers (70%) considered stale food, teething (62%), and hot weather (55%) as causes of diarrhea. Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)-related characteristics revealed that most (93%) households had toilets, but only 23% of the children used them. The study identified ineffective household water treatment by filtration through cloth by most (93%) households and dumping of household waste on the streets (89%). The results revealed low community awareness of correct causes of diarrhea (poor hand hygiene, 21%; littering around the household, 15%) and of correct diarrhea treatment (oral rehydration solution (ORS) and zinc use, 29% and 11%, respectively) and a high antibiotic prescription rate by healthcare providers (83%). Based on the results of the present study, context-specific house-to-house interventions will be designed and implemented.

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  • Aditya Mathur & Devendra Baghel & Jitendra Jaat & Vishal Diwan & Ashish Pathak, 2019. "Community-Based Participatory Research and Drug Utilization Research to Improve Childhood Diarrhea Case Management in Ujjain, India: A Cross-Sectional Survey," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(9), pages 1-12, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:9:p:1646-:d:230375
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