Abstract:
The objective was to find the prevalence of acute diarrhoeal disorders among children aged
2-5 years in the estate population and to study the knowledge and practices of mothers
regarding acute diarrhoeal disorders and to describe some socio-economic factors of these
families. There was a significant difference in knowledge regarding " Jeewani" between
literate and illiterate mothers and also between mothers with formal and mothers with no
formal education. There was a significant difference in practices in dealing with acute
diarrhoeal disorders between literate and illiterate mothers at P=0.05 level. Majority of
mothers restricted food during diarrhoeal episodes. Inability to generalize the results of this
study to the overall estate population of Sri Lanka is a limitation of this study
