Acute diarrhoeal disorders among pre-school children in the estate population of two selected estates in Hunnasgiriya in the Kandy District
| dc.contributor.author | Amarasekera, M.T.J | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-12-02T10:49:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-12-02T10:49:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
| dc.description.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 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | MSc.(Community Medicine / Community Dentistry ) | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/672 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.title | Acute diarrhoeal disorders among pre-school children in the estate population of two selected estates in Hunnasgiriya in the Kandy District | en_US |
| dc.type | Research abstract | en_US |