Caregivers’ knowledge and attitudes about childhood diarrhea among refugee and host communities in Gambella Region, Ethiopia

Mekonnen, Getachew Kabew; Mengistie, Bezatu; Sahilu, Geremew; Mulat, Worku; Kloos, Helmut

doi:10.1186/s41043-018-0156-y

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“…Majority of the respondents in this study had good attitude similar findings were reported by Gundluru et al [ 39 ]. This was however contrary to some studies which reported unfavorable caretakers’ attitude [ 14 , 40 ]. Patients get all prescribed drugs from the facility as expected since most of the care givers sought care/treatment at public health facilities that offer free services.…”

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Factors associated with caretakers’ knowledge, attitude, and practices in the management of pneumonia for children aged five years and below in rural Uganda

Kajungu,

Nabukeera,

Muhoozi

et al. 2023

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background Efforts aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality associated with pneumonia in children aged five years and below largely depend on caretakers. This study aimed to assess the factors associated with knowledge, attitudes, and practices of caretakers regarding pneumonia. Methods This was a cross-sectional study carried out within Iganga and Mayuge health and demographic surveillance site (IMHDSS) cohort in Eastern Uganda. Caretakers of children under the age of five years were assessed for knowledge, attitudes, and practices using a set of indicators. The caretaker characteristics as determinants for knowledge, attitude, and practices in relation to pneumonia management were assessed for association. Logistic regression was used to assess the factors associated with caretaker knowledge, attitudes and practices. Results A total of 649 caretakers of children five years and below of age were interviewed. Caretakers knew pneumonia as one of the childhood diseases, but were less knowledgeable about its transmission, signs and symptoms, risk factors and treatment. Overall, 28% had good knowledge, 36% had moderate knowledge and 35% had poor knowledge. The caretaker attitude was good for more than a half of the respondents (57%), while majority reported good practices (74.1%). Older age (OR = 1.63, 95% CI (1.05–2.51)), Tertiary education (OR = 4.92, 95% CI (2.5–9.65)), being married (OR = 1.82, 95% CI (1.05–3.15)) were associated with having good knowledge. Age above 35 years (aOR = 1.48, 95% CI (1.03–2.11)), and main source of livelihood were associated with good attitude and lastly being female (OR = 2.3, 95% CI (1.23–4.37)), being a Muslim (aOR = 0.5, 95% CI (0.35–0.75)), and being a farmer (OR = 0.5, 95% CI (0.33–0.85)) were associated with being a good caretaker practice. Conclusions The caretakers of children five years and below, have relatively adequate knowledge about the signs and symptoms of pneumonia, risk factors and treatment measures. Higher education, being married, and being a salary earner were associated with better knowledge about pneumonia, while being female, being a Muslim, and being a peasant farmer were associated with good practice. Targeted interventions to equip caretakers with relevant and adequate skills and knowledge for lower-income and less educated caretakers, considering cultural and religious beliefs about childhood pneumonia identification and management are required.

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Factors associated with caretakers’ knowledge, attitude, and practices in the management of pneumonia for children aged five years and below in rural Uganda

Kajungu,

Nabukeera,

Muhoozi

et al. 2023

BMC Health Serv Res

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“…However, many studies have indicated that these implementations are costly to the provider and vulnerable to network conditions. The text-based nature of these apps further does little to support low-literacy users, and bulk SMS text messages are not sufficient to enable and maintain relationships between health professionals and their patients [ 159 ]. Finally, the broadcast nature of these messages creates an opportunity for providers to celebrate the number of subscriptions, instead of the number of messages read and interacted with.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…[Social sciences applied to health researcher] Usability studies and considerations are also underrepresented, with 3 articles explicitly addressing the usability of technology tools aimed at MCH. The literature highlights usability considerations in areas such as heart failure [100], digital and maternal storytelling [159], and preeclampsia triage [101]. HCI in health research accounts for all articles measuring usability.…”

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Digital Health Technologies for Maternal and Child Health in Africa and Other Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Cross-disciplinary Scoping Review With Stakeholder Consultation

Till¹,

Mkhize²,

Farao³

et al. 2023

J Med Internet Res

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Background Maternal and child health (MCH) is a global health concern, especially impacting low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Digital health technologies are creating opportunities to address the social determinants of MCH by facilitating access to information and providing other forms of support throughout the maternity journey. Previous reviews in different disciplines have synthesized digital health intervention outcomes in LMIC. However, contributions in this space are scattered across publications in different disciplines and lack coherence in what digital MCH means across fields. Objective This cross-disciplinary scoping review synthesized the existing published literature in 3 major disciplines on the use of digital health interventions for MCH in LMIC, with a particular focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Methods We conducted a scoping review using the 6-stage framework by Arksey and O’Malley across 3 disciplines, including public health, social sciences applied to health, and human-computer interaction research in health care. We searched the following databases: Scopus, PubMed, Google Scholar, ACM Digital Library, IEEE Xplore, Web of Science, and PLOS. A stakeholder consultation was undertaken to inform and validate the review. Results During the search, 284 peer-reviewed articles were identified. After removing 41 duplicates, 141 articles met our inclusion criteria: 34 from social sciences applied to health, 58 from public health, and 49 from human-computer interaction research in health care. These articles were then tagged (labeled) by 3 researchers using a custom data extraction framework to obtain the findings. First, the scope of digital MCH was found to target health education (eg, breastfeeding and child nutrition), care and follow-up of health service use (to support community health workers), maternal mental health, and nutritional and health outcomes. These interventions included mobile apps, SMS text messaging, voice messaging, web-based applications, social media, movies and videos, and wearable or sensor-based devices. Second, we highlight key challenges: little attention has been given to understanding the lived experiences of the communities; key role players (eg, fathers, grandparents, and other family members) are often excluded; and many studies are designed considering nuclear families that do not represent the family structures of the local cultures. Conclusions Digital MCH has shown steady growth in Africa and other LMIC settings. Unfortunately, the role of the community was negligible, as these interventions often do not include communities early and inclusively enough in the design process. We highlight key opportunities and sociotechnical challenges for digital MCH in LMIC, such as more affordable mobile data; better access to smartphones and wearable technologies; and the rise of custom-developed, culturally appropriate apps that are more suited to low-literacy users. We also focus on barriers such as an overreliance on text-based communications and the difficulty of MCH research and design to inform and translate into policy.

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“…With 90% condence interval and margin of error as 5%, with previous proportion of 72%, the anticipated sample size was calculated to be 271. 9 A convenient sampling technique was used to select the participants for this study. Mothers of under ve years age children who were admitted in pediatric ward due to diarrhea were included in the study.…”

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Maternal Knowledge and Practices Related to Childhood Diarrhea at A Tertiary Care Hospital In District Mardan

Pir Zada,

Khan,

Syed

et al. 2023

J Farkhanda Inst Nurs Pub Health

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OBJECTIVES To assess the mother’s knowledge, and practices regarding the prevention and home-based management of diarrhea in their children. METHODOLOGY This cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 271 mothers, using convenient sampling technique. The study population was mothers of under-five year age children recruited from a tertiary care hospital in Mardan. Data were collected through questionnaire and analyzed through SPSS version 24. The study was approved from the institute and data collection permission was granted by the hospital administration. Written consents were obtained from the participants.RESULTS The majority (59.4%) of the participants were from the age group of 30 to 40 years. Most (82.7%) of the participants were house wives where 61.3% of them were illiterate. The majority (75%) of the mothers reported average Knowledge, followed by Good (17%) and Poor Knowledge (8%). The major part (74%) of the participants was reported to have satisfactory practices regarding diarrhea prevention and management while 26% of the mothers reported unsatisfactory practices.CONCLUSION It was concluded from the study findings that parents had average knowledge and satisfactory practices regarding diarrhea among children. Efforts are required to further enhance mothers’ knowledge and improve their practices regarding diarrhea and its management among children.

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Caregivers’ knowledge and attitudes about childhood diarrhea among refugee and host communities in Gambella Region, Ethiopia

Cited by 11 publications

References 36 publications

Factors associated with caretakers’ knowledge, attitude, and practices in the management of pneumonia for children aged five years and below in rural Uganda

Factors associated with caretakers’ knowledge, attitude, and practices in the management of pneumonia for children aged five years and below in rural Uganda

Digital Health Technologies for Maternal and Child Health in Africa and Other Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Cross-disciplinary Scoping Review With Stakeholder Consultation

Maternal Knowledge and Practices Related to Childhood Diarrhea at A Tertiary Care Hospital In District Mardan

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