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Introduction: Basic minimal information about care of children in diarrhea and ORS use is necessary for early recovery. To plan anti diarrheal program, its important to know the knowledge, beliefs, practices of diarrhea understanding and management including ORS; in community. Methods: A crosssectional survey of 300 serial mothers of under five children presenting to a hospital were enrolled and data regarding awareness of loose motion definition; ORS use, diet in diarrhea and beliefs and practices was collected by using a prevalidated questionnaire. Results: Most (74.59%) mothers were in age group of 20-30 year old home makers. Only 31.97% wereaware of diarrhea leading to dehydration. Teething was considered a prime cause of diarrhea by 32.64% mothers. Rice based food was preferred in diarrheas by only 45.96% mothers. Only 35.26% knew that extra fluids are needed in diarrheas. Sixty six percent mothers had knowledge of home based ORS but only 22% knew correctly. ORS dose was not known to 89.5% of mothers. Conclusion: There is a serious need for modifying diarrhea control programs with community education.Incomplete information is likely to cause complications and delay in recovery.

Background: Maternal nutrition has a huge impact on the health of the mother and the fetus. Pregnancy imposes the need for considerable extra calorie and nutrient requirements. A food taboo is a prohibition against consuming certain foods. The restrictions imposed on people forces them to abstain from certain food and drinking items as these things are embedded into the cultural and religious threads. Methods: A qualitative study was conducted between July 2014 and September 2014. Study was conducted in urban and rural field practice area of Sri Siddhartha medical college, Tumkur, Karnataka.  Study involved three groups Mother –in- laws Anganwadi workers, Pregnant and lactating women. Six Focus group discussions were conducted and four themes were used. Quantitative data was tabulated and analyzed using SPSS version 16. Results: All most all women under the study followed some form of restrictive diet. Many nutritive and locally available foods were avoided which includes fruits, vegetables, pulses and green leafy vegetables. Special foods rich in energy were consumed during post-partum period. Concept of hot and cold food is prevailing high and there was no scientific reasoning given for the taboo. Anganwadi workers who are front line health workers were believed in the many of the food taboos. Conclusions: Food taboos in this community are deep rooted. Avoidance of nutritive food was common in both the religion. Many misconceptions are prevalent which do not have scientific basis. Maternal nutrition needs to be prioritized at community level among family members and front line workers. Anganwadi workers need to be sensitized   regarding different beliefs about food consumption during pregnancy and lactation.

Background: Domestic accidents are worldwide public health problems. The present study was conducted to assess the pattern of domestic accidents among children  and its association with various epidemiological factors  . Materials and Methods: It’s a community based Cross sectional study.It was decided to study 900 households based on the sample size. 4391 population was covered in this study. Domestic accident was considered when any of the individual met with an accident inside the house or in immediate surroundings of house during last one year as listed from code V01 to X59 in chapter XX of ICD. Results: Domestic accidents observed was 10.8%(117) out of the total study population(1083) which was more common in the age group 0-4years(69.2%). Among the domestic accidents most commonly observed one was falls(41.02%) followed by burns (33.3%). Most commonly observed place of domestic accidents was kitchen 51 (43.58) .153 (43.6) of the domestic accidents were during 6am -12 pm timings. Around 60% of the accidents occurred when children were playing within the house. Conclusion: Domestic accidents are no longer called accidental; it’s just the price we are paying for technological progress and our ignorance. Hence even this much of prevalence has to be taken seriously, as domestic accidents can be prevented completely by minute preventive strategies.