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Mothers' attitudes to children's chest infections in India.
J R Soc Health. 1995 Oct; 115(5):314-7.JR

Abstract

Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs) account for a very high morbidity and mortality amongst children in the developing countries. A knowledge, attitude and practice study in relation to the literacy status of mothers whose children suffered from ARI was conducted. A sample of 140 mothers who had 265 children were selected for the study. The majority of literate mothers (75%) had complete knowledge regarding management of ARI. Literacy alone was not the only factor responsible for developing a positive attitude and adopting correct practices during ARI. Mass media and health personnel played an equally important role. Most women (89.3%) had obtained their knowledge regarding ARI through media and paramedical staff. Most mothers (96.4%) were concerned about the health of their children when they suffered from episodes of ARI and the majority of them (87.2%) were worried because they felt that their children or contacts could be adversely affected. Nearly 72% of mothers took early action during an episode of ARI. The majority of the medical practitioners practised non-allopathic medicine but all of them were prescribing allopathic drugs. Most of the mothers (70%) had no problem in taking their children to the desired health centers when needed.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Khan AZ
Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
Tickoo R
No affiliation info available
Arif T
No affiliation info available
Zaheer M
No affiliation info available

MeSH

Acute DiseaseChild, PreschoolEducational StatusFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth PersonnelHumansIndiaInfantMass MediaMedicine, AyurvedicMothersRespiratory Tract Infections

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

7473503

Citation

Khan, A Z., et al. "Mothers' Attitudes to Children's Chest Infections in India." Journal of the Royal Society of Health, vol. 115, no. 5, 1995, pp. 314-7.
Khan AZ, Tickoo R, Arif T, et al. Mothers' attitudes to children's chest infections in India. J R Soc Health. 1995;115(5):314-7.
Khan, A. Z., Tickoo, R., Arif, T., & Zaheer, M. (1995). Mothers' attitudes to children's chest infections in India. Journal of the Royal Society of Health, 115(5), 314-7.
Khan AZ, et al. Mothers' Attitudes to Children's Chest Infections in India. J R Soc Health. 1995;115(5):314-7. PubMed PMID: 7473503.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Mothers' attitudes to children's chest infections in India. AU - Khan,A Z, AU - Tickoo,R, AU - Arif,T, AU - Zaheer,M, PY - 1995/10/1/pubmed PY - 1995/10/1/medline PY - 1995/10/1/entrez KW - Age Factors KW - Asia KW - Attitude KW - Behavior KW - Child KW - Correlation Studies KW - Demographic Factors KW - Developing Countries KW - Diseases KW - Economic Factors KW - Educational Status KW - Family And Household KW - Family Characteristics KW - Family Relationships KW - India KW - Infections KW - Kap Surveys KW - Knowledge KW - Literacy KW - Mothers KW - Parents KW - Population KW - Population Characteristics KW - Psychological Factors KW - Research Methodology KW - Respiratory Infections KW - Sampling Studies KW - Socioeconomic Factors KW - Socioeconomic Status KW - Southern Asia KW - Statistical Studies KW - Studies KW - Surveys KW - Youth SP - 314 EP - 7 JF - Journal of the Royal Society of Health JO - J R Soc Health VL - 115 IS - 5 N2 - Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs) account for a very high morbidity and mortality amongst children in the developing countries. A knowledge, attitude and practice study in relation to the literacy status of mothers whose children suffered from ARI was conducted. A sample of 140 mothers who had 265 children were selected for the study. The majority of literate mothers (75%) had complete knowledge regarding management of ARI. Literacy alone was not the only factor responsible for developing a positive attitude and adopting correct practices during ARI. Mass media and health personnel played an equally important role. Most women (89.3%) had obtained their knowledge regarding ARI through media and paramedical staff. Most mothers (96.4%) were concerned about the health of their children when they suffered from episodes of ARI and the majority of them (87.2%) were worried because they felt that their children or contacts could be adversely affected. Nearly 72% of mothers took early action during an episode of ARI. The majority of the medical practitioners practised non-allopathic medicine but all of them were prescribing allopathic drugs. Most of the mothers (70%) had no problem in taking their children to the desired health centers when needed. SN - 0264-0325 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/7473503/Mothers'_attitudes_to_children's_chest_infections_in_India_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -